"And now it's the best 'crazy' I could dream of. Even better'n that."The smiling face and blue eyes confirmed that for me. Her finger traced down from...the crown of my head to the tip of my nose. Giggle. "I can TELL that you're excited." Cutie," I said, "If you're in the room, I'm excited." Let's get the covers turned back, baby..." she said.The bed cleared, we were in the middle of it, our hands exploring, touching, teasing, feeding on one another, our mouths connected in a kiss that was both. “Gee, now what could they want?” replied Linda, wincing knowingly.“The media outlets downstate have gotten the story and...”
“And the local officials need a scapegoat,” chimed in Brad.“Sometimes Iʼm glad you won that election and not me.”
“Right now I might be willing to trade places with you,” grimaced Linda.“Anything new?” she asked, turning to Sheila.
“A couple of teenagers were reported missing last night.”“Who?”
“A Virginia McGraw and her boyfriend David Hemmings. Heʼs a senior and sheʼs a. But I couldn't tell anyone, not least because I knew we all felt it and nobody wanted to admit it."Shiny faces ... Shiny faces..." Mrs. Elgin said, ever optimistic and smiling, clapping her hands, telling us exactly how many minutes we had. She'd been working the adoption road for a long time and her heart had broken a million times, I bet. But she'd had her victories too and that's what kept her going. For the kids who never went anywhere, Mrs. Elgin was the only mom they'd ever have.We sold. Why not hang out in the shower on the top floor and see what comes. So I grabbed my robe and shower kit, up to the top floor I went. I reached the shower and was disappointed to find no one in there. I thought about what to do and decided to wait and see who if anyone would enter in the next thirty minutes. About fifteen minutes later I heard some one walking down the hall, I quickly sprung to action. I went in to the shower room and moved to the farthest shower head and turned it on. I was.