On the rare occasion that she spoke to me or we had anything like intimate contact (a birthday hug or pat on the head for passing an exam) she reeked ...f cheap perfume and cigarette smoke. She was doing it tough; I knew that. Sometimes I would listen to her talking on the phone to my aunt; telling her about how hard she worked and how the guys at work hit on her because she was a divorcee. She hinted that she might have given in to one or two of the senior partners in the firm to try and advance. He was just about togive up when a glint of metal caught his eye.Laying on the sidewalk was a small, green ring. Roger picked it up andexamined it. The ring was smooth and cold. At first glance it seemed likea simple green metal ring, but Roger suddenly noticed three smalldepressions in it. The were circular and looked like they used to holdsmall stones. Roger tried putting the ring on, finding it fit fine, ifmaybe a little loose, on his ring finger."Looks kinda cool. When I get home I'll look. “Morgan, back toward the door. Call 9-1-1 if they won’t let us out.”“You’ve got her mother. You’ll just have to be satisfied with her. Morgan is not available. We’re leaving.”I backed toward the door and Morgan went out. Still watching, I followed her. No one went after us. I reached into my pocket and pulled the keys and unlocked my car with the fob. We got inside it. I quickly backed out of the parking place and left.“Evan, I hate it but I’m going to cut ties with my mother. I don’t want to. Which always made for interesting times together, because I would know what he was thinking about. Anyway, as I told him about the evening so far, he said...I'll be right there!I returned to Sarah and said Dave is on his way over, she asked me if I was sure I wanted this. I said more than anything! You know, I still wasn't entirely sure she was serious, but in my mind! it couldn't be more real! I again played with her on the way home, she was completely drenched and she just about came, before.