"Rod!" she said "It's wilting. Do something."He looked at her. "I can't. You made me quit playing with it. It doesn't stay hard forever, you know."She...looked startled. "No. I don't know. In fact, I never even saw one of those before tonight. OK, what do we need to do?"Rod's brain finally kicked in, zeroing in on her use of the word "we". He decided to try his luck. "Well, it stays hard a lot longer if a girl touches it or maybe puts it... in her mouth or something."Two things happened to Lori. Bob and I ran to see what was going on. We found three Mexican toughs playing hell with the store contents while a fourth one held a gun on the owner.It was obvious what was going on, so we didn't hesitate. Since a gun was already drawn, we didn't waste time talking, but started shooting. Bob put a bullet through the back of the man with the gun. The bullet impact caused him to jerk his hand so that the discharged bullet wound up harmlessly in a wall.Meanwhile, I had my own gun drawn and. .." Beth replied. At that point, everyone was in convoy home; Fred was unwittingly leading first Beth and then Rick and Teela back to town. "Better brief your boys -- aren't they on watch tomorrow?" Yeah, now that you mention it. I don't know whether they'll be upset or relieved," Louise sighed."Probably both," Beth opined, "Especially poor Terence."Terence and Damian were playing video games in their room -- a change from the last couple of times that Louise had entered it. "Well, we learned a. 30 came and went so Sally prepared the breakfast for her and her daughter and sat listening to the news on the radio as they ate it. No mention was made of any serious accidents or incidents and both women could not figure out what was keeping Ted.It was Sally who broached the subject first, "Jenny do you remember what time Ted said he would be calling here today, sweetie!" She asked."No, mom I thought he told you that he would be here first thing but I never heard him say an actual word about.