." and I burst out crying inconsolably."That's what I'm here for, to know what's happening..."Silence."She left me, Mom; she left me without a word."M...m was speechless; she sat down on the edge of the bed and hugged me like when I was a little girl; I leaned my head on her breast and began to hum lullabies. My weeping was diminishing little by little, until it completely stopped. Then the mother she was told me with authority,"Look at you, unwashed with tangled hair, and ... when was the last. " Fucking brilliant," Brett said.Steve gave an embarrassed shrug. "Just doing my part," he said."Well you just keep doing your part," Brett said. "How many of these things can you make us?" I can make two hundred of them," he said. "That's how many mousetraps I have. Can you use that many?" I can use them," Brett said. "Trust me on that. Make a hundred and fifty of the ground mines and fifty of the tree-mounts." I'll get right on it. I'm almost done with these gas tanks so I'll have the crew. " Well yes I'm here to..." I know." She frowned at the banana, which he was sorry to see was covered in dust from his arrival. It was clearly not editable now."I ah ... Sorry about that." He nodded to the banana. Then she looked up at him frowning.His first thought? She's a knock out. His second thought, she's pissed off."I ah..." usually never at a loss for words Kevin was surprised a bit at his reaction. He watched as she folded the skin back over the peeled banana and lowered it."Billy!" She. "I guess the first thing to do is state what the wager is as I understand it. On Saturday morning Ben and I will play a round of golf match play. That is the one who wins the most holes wins the match. Ben, do you agree with that?" Ben nodded yes. "The wager on this match is to be that the winner of the match has a date Saturday night with the wife of the loser of the match. Is that correct Ben?" Again Ben indicated in the affirmative. "Okay, now we have to define exactly what we want this date.