"StephenJamie seems in a good mood tonight. I guess she had a good day at the office. It sure feels good to have her warm naked ass butting up against...my lap. I wish to hell this fucking cock of mine could get hard quicker, could stay hard while I took care of her.That fucking bastard of a customer scares the shit out of me; if he goes belly up, we're in serious trouble. We'll lose everything. At least she knows why I'm having so much trouble taking care of her body, she knows I'm not out. Unconnected images and sounds flashed in his memory: Mr. Willoughby, his skinny teacher yelling there was no school because a war had started; his Aunt Hope screaming in anguish when he told her that the soldiers had taken Uncle Luke away; the blue-clad men whistling as they smashed down his father's fence; his mother reading and rereading Robert's few letters and folding them away into the drawer of the washstand by her high-backed bed. He heard the ring of iron-clad wheels mix with the. It is several hours and a near thing, but Jora survives, the baby is in trouble, I do what I can for her, I wash all of us off in the river, we sit on the banks for awhile Jora and I, holding our child, a little girl. By this time the wound in my chest is completely healed, Jora is leaning up against me silently crying, after some time she speaks."Idin, what are you." She ask."I don't know." I reply.Now...I watch them from a far, I stalk my prey like I did in the days of old, moving unseen. Just then Tom Gordon walked up and said hello to all of us. Mitch looked surprised, but my dad didn't."Hi Tom," Dad said. "I'm glad you could make it. This is Jack Waters and his two kids, Brad and Kathy. They have been fishing with Jen and Eddie for a while now and, from what I hear, are doing pretty good." Nice to meet you," Tom said, shaking Brad, Kathy and Mr. Waters' hands. "It's refreshing to see young people interested in the sport; it's our future." Tom took the empty seat at our.