She'd never seen this many people in line before and wondered where they all came from. The shelter allowed men and women with or without children, bu... those in line were mostly women with children.She and Belle took their places at the end of the line and Gloria sent up a silent prayer that they'd be able to get in to at least get a shower. That is one of the luxuries she missed most. As time passed, the heartache Gloria once felt with the loss of her family had lessened. Yes, she missed them. 'Anita' het said 'be a dear and go upstairs and fetch my work pants.' Being just married Anita was quite prepared to do as Johnnie asked and came down with a pair of heavy duty pants that Johnnie wore during his construction job.'Well' Johnnie said, "put m on.' 'But Johnnie, they are far to large' Anita complained.'Put'm on anyways, I want to prove something.' So Anita did as Johnnie asked and put the pants on and stood there holding up the pants with her little hands.'Let go of the pants'. With another playful motion, she recrossed her legs and stuck her tongue out to the dying warrior."You can expire as you feel helpless and drained beneath my boot." She told him, unpacked a bubble gum that she had stuck in her boot and began chewing it. It, like the lollipop was just another one of her victims."See, if you were strong, you could have ended my like one of the heroes I had trapped as bubble gum. Imagine, you could have been stuck between my latex boots and my nylon pantyhose.. It was all very easy going. It helped that her husband was out, even though he was expected home soon. Becky told John that Mike was looking forward to the introduction. Their two kids had been shipped off to the in-laws for the weekend; a lucky coincidence that she was later to be very grateful for. Mike and John had briefly met when they had worked for the same company, but that was many years ago. It would be good to re-acquaint. Becky took John on a tour of the house to show off the latest.