I could make out what sounded like the question beingasked on the other side of the line: "What, do you have a girl over?"and definitely heard Frank s...y "you might say something like that."Frank hung up and gave me a funny look. I kind of raised my arms andshrugged. Frank said "is there something you want to tell me?" He tooka step towards me, but still was about 3 feet away from the couch I wassitting on. I wasn't sure what to say, and maybe Frank wasn't either,but I said "I have a bit of. I knew I had to hold this as long as possible. I could feel it racing toward the tear even as I fought to hold it in. Crap I thought, this was bad there was no way I could hold it as long as I needed to. Laying down I felt a little better ‘til the whole world started to spin. This of course made me feel far worse.A moment later Naci appeared beside me with a foul looking concoction. “Husband, take this you’ll feel better soon.” She told me.I nodded as I took it from her turning it as I started. The houses front on narrow streets without sidewalks. Shallow front yards with a fringe of inconsistent grass border the rows of Korean War-era, single-story, hasty-built houses.Vance and Tanya rent one of these. The eave boards are rotted and paint is peeling in ribbons down their length. A patina of 40 years of neglect and an uneven growth of grey-green moss has crept onto the flimsy siding. Three young women, two babies, and 50-something Vance live here. Two are Vance's daughters, the third. Wie er das geschafft hatte wußte ich nicht, es war mir auch egal und doch hatte ich Angst vor mir selber. Langsam döste ich während dieser Gedanken ein, plötzlich wurde ich von zwei Sachen geweckt, die Akkus in den Kugeln waren wohl doch noch nicht ganz leer gewesen, denn sie Summten ein leises angenehmes Lied und die Türglocke klingelte Sturm. Mit den Worten: "Bin ja schon auf dem Weg.", stand ich auf und ging so wie ich war zur Tür. Als ich die Tür öffnete, hörte ich wie sich die Tür vom.