As I move towards her head she grabs my shirt by the collar and pulls me down to a kiss. The kiss was long and too passionate to be a Mom and Son kiss... I break free gently and rush out of the room. Later I bring her some iced tea. "Can I borrow the car to go in to town?" She laughs and says, "You never used to ask, what changed?" "I guess I matured a little." I reply."Yes, she said. "You have grown into a good man, and I am glad to have you home. I could never say no to you about anything, so. But I am sure she would use it in some way to lure me back into her web of submission," Mom said, her eyes showing a trepidation I seldom saw in her confident persona. It made me very curious what kind of relationship the two of them used to have.Seeing my Mom's trepidation, I decided to let it go, even though I already knew I was going to go and see Ellie at school later today. Instead, I decide to focus on the sure thing Mom had mentioned last night. "So you and Miranda, hey?"Her face went. The same would happen to them in The Chopper, the bar co-owned by Angus McDougal and Perry Andrus (father of Perry Jr. –Needle Dick in our story). Rival clubs would roll into town and, like a bar in a western movie, would try to do as much damage as they could with fists, feet, and bottles.The Wrecking Crew would meet at the Junkyard for meetings and parties. Like their fathers and mothers, they made love to their wives, fiancées, and girlfriends, now and then in a threesome. But it was Richard. A Lieutenant Commander intercepted us and asked April, “Would you like to drive the carrier again while your father talks with the Admiral? It will be more fun, I promise.”If the Navy is ok with April driving a thirty-billion-dollar aircraft carrier, even if I can afford to buy them a new one if she wrecks it, then that works for me.“David,” the Admiral started saying. “You seem to have been in the right places at the right time. I’m old enough to know when things look too good to be true, son..