" I don't even want this job, Mom." But you want the money for college, don't you. You know it pays more than anything you could find around here does... Besides, It could do you good. Who knows, maybe being around a lot of sweet little babies all summer will rub off on you," her mother grinned. "You could even change your mind about college. It's certainly not too soon for you to start having children." Not likely! I'm not the 'mommy' type," she retorted. Fifteen minutes later a sullen Toni, in. ’ ‘I don’t know where the Suzanne I first knew went….the lovely, funny sexy Suzanne….she disappeared to be replaced by this person I hardly recognised. I tried to help her but I couldn’t seem to make her see she was worth much more than she thought.’ ‘It was the addiction Misha. The drugs, the drink. Stop blaming yourself.’ Shaking his head he looked at his friend sitting opposite him in the noisy bar. ‘I’ll never feel for anyone what I felt for her. She made me feel alive, made me feel as if. “Favorite animal and favorite hockey team. I actually went to see them play the ‘Hawks the other night.”“Aren’t they from Pittsburgh? You’re from Cincinnati, aren’t you?”“Yeah. But Cincinnati doesn’t have a professional team at the moment, so I picked the Penguins. Our team folded when the leagues merged a couple of years ago.”“Hockey and Stock Car Racing? That’s an odd combination! Half redneck and half Canadian?”“Add baseball in there. I’m actually a bigger baseball fan than a hockey fan. But. Each time he did, she stirred when he stopped. Eventually, she began the rhythmic breathing of sleep, and Jake was able to retire to his own bed. He was asleep as soon as he lay down. Jake woke to Nikki shaking him and jumping on his bed. She was still in only her panties and t-shirt. “Get up, lazy ass!” Nikki yelled at him. “I want to go riding today!” Jake groaned as he rolled over. Nikki had landed on her knees in the bed in front of him, and was as perky as ever. How she did that, he’d.