. Claire, take your time." Ally could only respond withtepidness as she followed Claire outside. Oh well, maybe next time, shefigured."Alright ladies,...and gentlemen present, I have got a most importantannouncement!" Miss Ginger Adams shouted out to the small crowd whileclinging a spoon against a silver glass. Claire had known her, for shewas the leader of the sorority chapter and who had personally led theher and her roommates through induction the previous year. She was theideal Claire strove. I mean, how would your Mom handle that? How would you handle the fact that I fucked your mom?”“I’d love to be there with you and Mom - if you would let me help you fuck her. As for Mom, she told you there was still a fire down in the valley - and she told me - she hasn’t had her fire stoked in over six years.”“But - damn it - how would I ever face your Daddy and your brother?”“Josey - Dad-Gum-It - Mom isn’t asking you to fuck Daddy or Chuck! She needs you and no one would ever know but the. ”As they finished their drinks and got up to go to the taxi rank, Jane felt a little more confident about herself but was a little upset that neither of the other women had asked about what she had bought. Lisa jumped into the front next to the driver, while Sally and Jane got in the back.Jane felt a hand on her thigh and looked at Sally, “What’s wrong, you look so sad?”“No, nothing, it’s just,” she sighed, “this will sound so childish.”Sally squeezed her thigh, “Mine aren’t much younger than. If, by some improbable chance they were to settle what had happened to the young Amboy Township PFC back in '70, then maybe the ghost of Henry Toivo could be gone from his life. It was a lot to hope for.The Toivo expedition had been "locked and cocked" for more than five years now, even though it seemed no closer to actually coming off than it had when it was first dreamed up many years before that. Gil Evachevski had promised Kirsten, and Henry's father, Heikki, that if the chance ever came to.