Toni got two plates and utensils from the cabinet and handed one set to Mike. Toni arranged half the salad on her plate, with a bread stick and a slic... of pizza. Mike went straight for the pizza, scarfing down a whole slice before Toni even sat down. “What? Told you I was starving.” Mike smiled. “Help yourself. I bet it’s a hundred times better than the food you have while you are deployed in the submarine.” “A thousand times.” he laughed taking another slice. Over the course of the meal, they. Right now, to be honest, it sounds like you're just out to help keep Dale from getting what he has coming to him. And, that ain't right. But I'll think about it." Billy turned around and walked outside."You know Yutch, that is one bull headed son of a bitch, your cousin Billy. He and I are gonna lock horns again before this is done, and that's too bad. He's the best of that sorry bunch over there. At least with Billy, you don't have to try to guess where you stand with him, he'll let you know.. I could just imagine the beating Iwas about to get, and without any clothes to protect me from hiscalloused hand.I walked into my room and Dad sat on the bed as the three girls stoodover in the corner of the room all anxious to witness my humiliation.They stood silent."Get over here baby. You act like a baby, you'll be treated like one. Nowget over here and lay down," Dad instructed in his commanding voice. Itwas then I saw the diaper lying on the bed where he had instructed me tolay down.That. .. personal.The reason the tank was empty was her post-Christmas sales. She’d done them all, particularly treasuring those leather boots she nervously said were a bargain. Yeah, I knew what we saved, not the cost. She owed me big time.Fifty would fill the car, twenty, a necessary top up. I lifted the fat purse from the bag, possibly full of clod I could use for car-parking meters. What do girls keep in purses, anyway?I was on virgin territory here.Yup, change aplenty, plus a key ring with two.