The boys wanderedin the woods. Hannah always had some kind of project going on, andElizabeth always attended to it with her. Sarah seemed always to be...eading. I decided now would be the time to give Cynthia the good news."Harps." The voice that answered my call was very male."Oh, Mr. Harp, this is Monica Henson; I was wondering if I might speakto Cynthia." She's at church." He said this in a tone that conveyed the emotionalmessage that whatever I had intended should be forgotten forthwith;. ”“I’m telling you I do!”“You don’t.”“Stay here,” Alaina said after sniffling again. She wiped her eyes. “At least for tonight. Please, Laura?”Laura pulled away, reaching for her nearly-empty glass of water. “Thirsty.”Alaina hesitantly let her up, ready to tackle her to the ground if she tried to run.Laura finished her water. She turned to look back at the girl who claimed she wanted to be friends. “Why?” she asked. “You hated me until a couple hours ago.” She stared at Alaina, squinting. "Yeah, darling?" Do all pricks taste the same?" You're licking my balls, Nancy." Oh, yeah. Well I mean your balls then." I don't really know, not being a cocksucker or ball licker myself. But if I were to guess I'd say they all taste a little different, yet somewhat the same." Oh." You know ... people are all pretty much alike, yet different too. Maybe it's what they eat, or how often they wash, things like that." Yeah, thanks. I was just wondering, you know." I love what you're doing kiddo,". "Hello, Tara, this is Rick." Oh Rick, I'm so happy you called." I'm on my way home, and will be in Ardmore around four this afternoon," I tell her."That's perfect, Rick. I'll be done with work by then and I'm off tomorrow." There's one thing, Tara, I have someone with me and I think you'll like her," I say."That's great, I can't wait to see you and meet her. I'll text you my address, I insist the two of you stay with me," she says."Thank you, Tara, that's very kind of you. Well, I gotta get.