Then I really did start crying. My chest and shoulders heaved, tears pouring down my cheeks. “Please,” I begged. “Don’t make me...”He stoppe... stroking himself to wrap his fingers around mom’s neck, breaking her daze. She looked at me with fear, taking in the situation.“Get over here now and clean your mommy up like a good little girl.”Afraid for both of us, I complied, walking over to her with shaky knees. I leaned forward and extended my tongue. Hesitantly, I licked at the gravy smeared on her. We held her then, comforting her. Letting her know that we understood.Then I thought about something else, as attached as she was to Precious,what would she do when Precious died of old age? How long did Gambichowslive? If memory served, Miss Clara had said that Gwendolyn was her oldersister by at least half a century. Miss Gwendolyn herself said that onetended to forget their own age after the first century or so.Then I remembered something else I'd read when researching Gambichows.Queen Kasha. In 1989, Pacheco Technical School had two thousand five hundred students and Jackson College had around three thousand pupils. Both schools were in dire financial straits. They faced one choice, merging or closing. They chose to merge. Becoming the only school in America dedicated to educating the nation’s fastest-growing minority groups, Hispanics and African-Americans. Twenty years later, the school has eight thousand students. Thirty eight percent of the student body is African-American,. He sell fake...” Hany struggled to find the English word he was looking for and finally went with Arabic, “‘atharun muqadas (relics of the past), yet honor will be his for what you discover.”Johnny smiled and clapped Hany on the back.“You mean what Doctor Stone discovered. All I’ve discovered is a liking for you, Hala and Egyptian Coffee,” Johnny said.Mister Gamil’s demeanor brightened over what Johnny said.“Hala is excellent cook, nice looks, make lucky man good wife,” he said.Johnny laughed.