These congressmen and women speak of intransigence in their party leadership while praising the cooperative spirit emerging among the rank and file. T...is development is heartening. The question for us is whether this new spirit will rise quickly enough to replace the respective implacable leadership in both parties in time to curb executive excesses.Friday arrived and Brendan felt like he had won the lottery. Earlier in the evening, everyone at the upholstery shop lined up at the lunch table.. It started as a simple ride around town, as I've said, but then Higgie got the idea we ought to see some friends he said he had on the border. Angie protested that it might be too far for Sally to go. I said Sally had traveled plenty of places. Angie asked Sally if that was true. Sally was iffy. Then Angie changed her mind about it being too far, pretended that Sally had satisfied her with a comment that Sally was "used to everything," something which Sally hadn't even said, and then Angie. Their tongues touch and she slides her hands back, holding Rosemary’s hair away from her face. “I have wanted to kiss you all day.” Her hands knead the back of the girl’s neck. Again their lips find each other’s. This time Rosemary wants to taste the older woman just as much as Jessica wants her. Jessica’s hands work their way to the girl’s breasts.“Jessica...” the girl says breathlessly. She sits back looking at the woman before her. “You certainly are a bad vixen, aren’t you? My mama said you. So, they came to see Sunny and me, and puttheir case to us. In fact it was Tim who arranged the meeting. He hadgone to see Torven to ask for food, but Torven had said that he wouldonly feed those who accepted his authority. Tim said that he felt thathe should ask all of us whether any one of us wanted to leave. Kennyand Eddie were loyal, and Andy was just too lazy I guess. But we agreedto talk terms.I feel that I must make some excuses at this point. It had been 34weeks since the crash.