.he came to you," Julia remarked. "Why?" He wanted to thank me for those job offers I left for him, ofcourse." Rita replied. "You know...the ones we s...t up for him." Right, and they're all prepared to take him right in if he comescalling," Julia noted. "What about his mother? I meant to ask youabout that." That was a little more entertaining. At first," Rita answered. "Mytea loosened her up a bit, though. She'll be a little less hard onher son from now on, and she did express interest in. "I'll say. But we're making up for it now!"Paula stared at him. "Whatever," she said, leaving the room.Paula felt like an animal in a cage. The rain stayed with them all day. The house took on the odor of mildewed mackerel.Everyone else seemed to be keyed up, too. When Sam proposed a drive to town, they all piled into the two cars and took off -- only to find everything shut down. "It's Sunday, don't you know," an old woman cawed at them. "Day of rest!"The only action at all, in fact, was at. It was much later that Marita came in to slip in next to Karen. Shortly after that, I heard Mom come in and go to bed. I hope she enjoyed her date, or whatever it was.I dreamed of being in a large circle with all of those that I knew were gone, along with the men in Confederate and Union uniforms. There wasn't any conversation that I recognized, but there was a feeling of happiness. All of those souls were at peace.The dogs woke me early with their paws on Millie. She kept pushing them off, and. There was overeighteen million in that bank account which Matt moved to recoverinstantly.During this whole time Matt and I have been dating, getting very closeto getting naked. I had long ago started on hormones since it wasobvious that I would not be a boy ever again, and had started toblossom. Only my mom knew. Both Matt and I wanted to do it, but wenever crossed that line. Hands, and kissing, minor groping and allthat, but now that our task has been completed he said that he wantedto live.