In both cases, I was thinking about storm damage. The plastic panels are far more resistant to shattering than glass. We only had to replace twenty-tw... when a weak hurricane hugged the north coast of Cuba last year, the edge of the eye passing less than forty miles from us.The crops grew like crazy. Surprisingly, we grew the same varieties of corn and tomatoes here that we did in Mississippi. The ones grown here tasted better, probably due to the extremely rich soil. Like in Mississippi, all. He couldn't possibly drive now. Damn. It never rains but it pours.“Bill, baby. Look, you should quit drinking and try to sleep if you can. I want you to promise to stay home. Do you hear me? Stay home! Promise me you'll stay home.” Patricia could feel her anger rising and pushed it back down. Recriminations could wait until they were together.“I...what?” Bill didn't usually drink much. He sounded pretty far gone.“Stay home, honey. I'll be there as soon as I can.” Patricia put her. I want to know your name.’ The girl looked up and mumbled something, but so quietly that he couldn’t tell what she was saying. Again his response was aggressive and insulting. ‘Speak up whore, we haven’t got all night.’ ‘Hannah sir,’ she said a little louder this time. When her eyes lifted back to his, he was pleased to see a flash of anger in them. Good, she still had some spirit left. ‘And how old are you Hannah?’ ‘Eighteen sir.’ Walther snorted his disbelief. ‘Like hell you are.’ Walther. I never really had the chance before. I was staying with some friends while my folks were away for their anniversary. One night the police showed up with this woman from the welfare office and told me my parents were dead and that I had to come with them. I didn't want to but they said I didn't have a choice. The people I was staying with tried to protest, they said they would like to take me in and start adoption proceedings. The woman told them they could start whatever they wanted but that.