Hethought the kid was a wimp, but he had come right. Iggy was stillsmiling.But as they came up to Ottoway Bridge Iggy could see a figure standing ont...e North rail of the bridge, faintly illuminated by the poor light. Itappeared to be a young woman, her thin pink dress fluttering in the wind.It was a 100 foot drop to the rocky canyon below. Her intentions wereclear.Maybe on another night he would have throttled on through? Maybe hewould have shouted to her as he rode by: "See you in hell,. Hop in and we'll go see what we can find. It's just a couple blocks away, not far at all." I walked around and got in. The old heap lurched forward and brought us to an apartment building, a wood sided rectangle crouched along the street. We both got out and headed up an exterior stairway to her apartment. When we got inside she took my coat. I was right, she was a big girl. The hem of her Santa coat was high, showing a lot of thigh, and I mean a LOT of thigh. She got the coffee going and we. "Zak, I never thought of having children. Never thought of having a family. I now have both. Thank you for being my son."The boy gave him a squeeze."Thanks, Dad."Dad.So much came with that name.Krissy could not help the blush of pride as the others dove into dinner.There was something about feeding her family. About turning what nature, what Wisdom, had given them, into a meal. Not just food, but a meal. There was a difference. She had not known it before. Krissy had cooked because someone had. Alice immediately hollered. "Chuck, bring everybody over here. We'll put some tables together."Alice had been loud enough that the wait staff hustled to get some tables pushed together for everyone. Jeff introduced Jill to Jack and Charlie who did the same with Alice and Myra. Agnes had to comment,"This is everyone on your side of the street. What are you guys, a commune?"Jack took the bait, "Ya finally found us out Agnes. Guess it took Chuck to shake things up. No one ever suspected Nettie of.