”I went home and was thinking of what I could do. Ifound one of my college son’s old football helmets andsome mirrored eyeshades and put t...em on and looked inthe mirror and decided that no one would recognize mewearing the helmet and shades. I then started trying onsome of my bathing suits and shorts etc. I finally settled on a pair of red hot pants and askimpy string tied sun top. I was thinking of how hot Ilooked and was dreaming of how Zak would be looking atthe photo at night. “Well, that’s not all she wrote.”“Your brother and Ash, huh?”This time, Helen looked at Danny almost with respect. “Wow! You got that one too. Why’d you come anyway?”“Dad said it’s a free dinner, and Marsha said it’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to unload Ash.”A fist hit his shoulder blade. “Hey! I heard that!” Ashley hissed.Earl was busy setting up the DVD recorder and Helen giggled.“He’s showing the last quarter from the Kent State game. Nudge me when I’ll snore.”“Seen it before?”“Unh, only. ‘Yes. I got them both. Thanks for the thoughtful gifts and card, but you really didn’t need to do that. By the way, I also got the flowers you sent a couple of weeks ago.’ She laughed and said, ‘Good to know. Anything for my favorite professor!’ She continued to chatter away while he thought of all the work that was piled on his desk. He felt guilty that he was irritated by her phone call. She was nothing but kind and thoughtful towards him. She sent him the flowers to cheer him up when he. The full horror of my situation hit me as the trunk was being moved, no one knew were I was. I would just disappear, work would think I was not able to take the jokes aimed at women and my rent was paid by standing order so it would be months before any one noticed I was no longer around. I started to cry. The journey seemed to take forever and the trunk was becoming stuffy, as it had not been modified in any way. My hopes built as I heard the engine being turned off. I had been trying.