One turn and I was walking toward my home with this beautiful nymph right beside me holding my hand. Right down my street...every neighbor would see. ...t was about four o’clock and neighbors would be home.What a spectacle we made for the public. It was like I had stolen her from the school. Anyone seeing us would be curious. Fortunately, she was wearing a warm up suit not shorts and thin top. Even so, she looked like a million dollars in it. We just walked along without side glance or a word. Konrad and Darrell were hanging mostly with me. Konrad had turned eighteen and would be graduating from high school in a month’s time. He invited the both of us Darrell and me to come to the ceremony. Shades of Selena’s graduation: I wondered if his mother knew that he was inviting me. I was betting against it. At any rate, I told him that I’d be seeing. Darrell on the other hand was quick to agree, even considering the trip from his house in Winslow, the one Grimes had gotten him, well,. ”“It seems you may have learned something already. See you later.”I left for church. On the way out, I pulled the tarp off and put it in the back of my truck neatly folded. I arrived at my church on time. It was abuzz with the news of the missing princess. I was asked what I might know. I said, “I didn’t watch news last night preferring sports to news.” I grinned. “The Braves won.”The man asking said, “Sam, you just don’t keep up with current events.”“Only those that interest me. Who got shot. . I laughed.The streetlights were kind of amberish and dirty. We passed the sleepy bouncer. The fresh air, harbor air, chemical air kicked me in the face.“You two stay here,” Joy’s boy said as we reached the curb, “I’ll flag down the cab.”“There’s only one boy for the two of us,” I excitedly warned Joy.“Calm down, crazy,” She squeezed my hand.“Where’d my boy go?”“He was a bit of a creep,” Joy stroked my hair.“Oh,” I saw my purse next to hers on her arm, “Give me my phone.”“In the cab, crazy,”.