On the way over to the cemetery, the old man had looked sideways at the young boy riding in the front seat of his old truck."How much do you figure yo... should charge me for helping me for the next few days?" Nothing, Uncle Homer, you don't have to pay me anything. I'm just glad to spend the day with you. At least, it gets me out of the house."The old man nodded and laughed at the boy's outspoken honesty."Well... , Son," he said, glancing sideways at the boy. "How does $3.00 dollars a day strike. Her parents didn't offer the young mother any help in her struggles. As for the father, he moved away the day after Tanya had told him that she was pregnant.She was a very sweet young girl that was a very good people person and had no problems finding a job as the manager of a fast food restaurant. It was a hard job but it paid the rent and paid the bills. Her other job was at a dog kennel on the weekend."Tanya, I need a big favor." Tom the owner of the kennel said to her looking at her auburn. You will no longer yell and scream at your wife and daughters." What?" You heard me." My wife?" No yelling at her or your daughters." I coughed in the middle of my ghost voice. This was kind of fun! I was an actor!"Uh ... okay." I will know if you do. I will see." Sure, sure, okay."He reached out. I disappeared again and appeared behind him. My power really helped the ghost effect."Do not try to touch me," I said trying to sound commanding."Who are you?" he asked."I am the..." I tried to think. How I ran the one person away that really did love me and wanted to be with me. So…yeah…I’ve been single all my life. I went out on some dates and of course, on occasion, I got sex when I needed it. But, I never had the real thing. Love. Damn! It’s funny how you don’t realize that shit until the person is gone. I guess Joni Mitchell was right. *** I met Blue Carmichael at an insurance company where the two of us were employed at the time. I had been there two years before she arrived. We.