“There’s no hot water yet,” Béla announced as she came back in, “but if you don’t mind cold, there should be running water now.”To prove ...er words, she opened the faucet in the sink. After a few seconds, the pipes began their gastric protest of their usage, spitting lots of air and occasionally, noisily, a bit of muddy water. Gradually, the amount of air diminished and the amount of dirty water increased until, at last, clean, cold water was coming out of the faucet uninterrupted by any more. " Mullaney was usually the ring leader, theone who jerked me around the hardest."Hey, Bertha, what do you use your mop water for ... to bathe?" Theyall laughed, Mullaney cheerleading. I had been coming into this roomevery night, hoping I could find a time when it was empty. No luck.What ever happened to crime in this city?"We've been talking, Bertha, and we want to help you out." Crawfordtook my bucket away and emptied it out the window. "We're going to helpyou get the job done, loose some. What was the purpose of faith? Why did He put us on earth?And sometimes I was simply thankful. Despite all of the bitching I did, the fact of the matter was that I had found my soulmate, we didn't lack for anything and our daughter was healthy, smart and would one day have the world at her feet.It's easy to fall into the trap of prayer. I think sometimes we convince ourselves that if we only prayed harder, God will answer them in the way we want. Of course, it doesn't work that way. He only. " Encouraged Laura. "I knowhow you feel."Congratulations, said Porsche hugging the sisters. "You all even sharethe same birthday." She giggled. "I bet your mom can even come up witha thirty six hours in labor story too. But I was a good child, I onlytook eight and a half hours." It was Seventeen hours and you know it young lady," laughed Laura."I'm just glad it wasn't me getting stretched open like that." Oh I would have had to do drugs with triplets," giggled the Colonelfinally."Look Momma.