" Yeah, Tamara. How was it?" It was great," I told her. I wanted to gush about it the same way I didwith Sarah, but this was my mom, so I wasn't abo...t to. But I didn't wantto shut her down completely because I owed her my entire life, so Ismiled and said, "Okay, it was better than great."She grinned at me. Then she said, "Don't worry, Amy. I'm not going topry."I bit my lower lip and did this shy look, but it was totally involuntary."What are you doing?" she asked."Just... bass shopping. . “It is a pure pleasure to meet you, young man!”Goode turned to regard Graydon’s elder companions.“I would guess that you are James Brightman,” he said to Jim. “You have the look of a rancher. And you must be Michael Peterson,” he looked to Mike. “You look exactly as Purdy has described. That’s been some time ago. It’s been quite some time, I admit. Sadly I’ve not seen the old gentleman as often as I’d like, these past few years.” Goode extended his hand to both men, then returned to his chair. ..that was REAL humiliating forGarland-Fitzhugh, hon." Last year had been a horrible mess. The Olympics were such abad memory! Jody had done well enough in the Qualifications, beating outMaster Thumbscrew?s champion runner, Shirley, and a mess of newbie runners.Garland-Fitzhugh had been so pleased with Jody?s placing that he?d allowed herto masturbate herself on her knees with a cucumber in the stalls! But then in the race, Jody had fallen back, though throughno lack of enthusiasm from her. ..”Lisa stopped when she noticed her dad’s eyes get big when she mentioned Beth. With his feet still on the floor and his pants at his ankles, Lisa lay on the bed and whispered in his ear, “You and Beth?”Her dad’s silence spoke volumes.“When?”Phil closed his eyes, as if to wish away this whole conversation. He knew that his daughter would confront Beth and the truth would come out, so he decided to come clean. “Remember when we rented that cabin?”Lisa thought back. Although Beth was back living.