I’d say right now, they’re in that deep pool downstream from here, taking a bath right this minute. Would you wager me, Willah?”“Do you really...think Papa will let Ty stay with us? I mean ... well, I want to fall in love like you did with Papa. I love hearing you tell that story, over and over. It makes me so proud of you and Papa. I have always dreamed of meeting a pretty boy just like my Papa, so I could fall in love and be happy all my life like you and Papa.”“Willah, if Ty stays, you’ll have. "I could make everything upand brought this to hospital and you wouldn't waste time."He looked rather surprised. It seemed that Julia didn't help father totake care of mother."You wouldn't know what to pack and you wouldn't know where the hospitalis," dad answered and smiled. "But thanks for your offer, maybe you canhelp in future." I know what to pack and I know where the hospital is," I said. Then Iexplained how I would get there. "You are tired, dad, I can see it. MaybePeter doesn't care. ”“I don’t think that’s true. Can I ask you some personal questions?”“Of course, you can. You know you can ask me anything.”“Did you have a boyfriend in high school?”Still wiping tears from her eyes, she answered, “No, you know I skipped three grades, so they all made fun of me because I was so much younger and always got A’s.”“How about in college?”“No, I was too busy with my heavy course load, and I was only fifteen when I went to MIT.”“When was the last time you had sex?”“You know,. The peddler stirred the coals of the snapping fire with a branch,satisfied that they were now more evenly distributed, he tossed thebranch on the fire to add its wood to the embers already ablaze there.He looked from his son to the pilgrim who shared the flickering heat ofthe small blaze."An interesting tale," he mused."Well worth a meal and a place by the fire. Are you sure that you willnot pass the night here. There are bandits in this region and it wouldbe far safer than the empty roads for.