Her face returns to a statue-like stare as she waits for your response.You're taken aback momentarily by her stone-cold attitude towards you and are c...nfused slightly by her referring to your uncle so casually and with a nickname you've never heard before as any and all talk of your uncle was always like he is a distant stranger. Never endearingly and never as anything but "Richard."You stutter a little as you try to find the appropriate words for this weird situation you have found yourself. But, nobodyseemed to treat me any differently, so by the end of the week, I was backto my old self, taking Billy's breath mints daily just to be certain.It was a week after what I did that Billy and I spoke. He mainly asked ifwe were cool. I nodded. I asked if he told anyone, to which he mimedzipping his mouth. Another month passed before we were back to our oldgaming habits, acting as though nothing had happened. Everything wasfalling back into normality. I evaded asking Billy for any money,. I swear, Cheyenne, that boy’s thirty years old, and it’s lookin’ like he ain’t never gonna grow up. You just wait; he’ll be callin’ me sometime in the next few days askin’ me to buy him out of it.”I wondered, “Are you going to do it?”“Hell, no! Not this time. He’s gonna have to face the music, and I figure standin’ in front of a judge answerin’ to fraud charges might just get his attention.” He looked around and said, “Now show me this critter you been diggin’ up.”I was sitting in my usual. Ryan went out onto the landing and shut the door. A few seconds later he knocked on the door and I opened it, “Surprise!”We had a pleasant evening.The next morning after Ryan left for work I got my laptop out and started looking for jobs.By lunchtime I’d given up and decided to go for a walk to get to know the place a bit better. Then I had an idea, why don’t I go for a jog? I could cover a lot more ground and get some exercise on the way. I got changed into my white tennis skirt and the same.