" She laughed. "YuirArnie, at least, has a chance t'be growning out of it with the properhelp, and I'll be more'n happy t'be part of that help." And...so'll me darling Shamus," she added, "once I'm working on him fora wee little while."* * * * *Theo fumbled with the key to the room he and Elizabeth were using."Elizabeth, please," he told her."Mmmm, hurry, Theo, hurry," she whined. She was pressed against hisback, her arms around him.One arm caressed his shirt; the other... "Aye," Molly told. I couldn't believe he was so close by. I couldn't believe after all this time we chatted with each other over the phone that he actually drove almost 6 hours from San Fransico, just to see me! My mind was racing like a thousand miles per second. I was so nervous and so excited at the same time. I have never done anything so sneaky before in my life. Well, except for the time in the Walmart bathroom and the time I met that guy Eric at the bus stop. Jezzz. . . .what a jerk he was. I never heard. She and the boy sat in the kitchen and took turns waiting on the guys. About three in the morning the boy started feeling sick and asked if he could leave. One of the players came into the kitchen to give him his pay and asked Elaine if she minded staying a little longer. She agreed. This guy was the youngest of the poker group--about forty. He hung around the kitchen until the boy waiter left and then popped the big question to Elaine. "Would you like to make an extra $500?" he asked.Elaine. "Yes." Then why did you come?" T'face me— my fear," he answered slowly. "To find out if my fear was real or only in my head, in my mind. I did not want to fear a shadow, something that wasn't real. And I found that it was so, I was afraid of something that was not real. You're not fearsome, you're a lot like us. Different too, yes, very different in many ways, but not a kind of difference to fear, just ... a difference."There was a long silence. Nobody moved. Then at last the mother spoke.