"Mom?" I said as it was answered. "Huh?" her voice greeted me in return. "Are you all right?" "Yes Joan, I'm fine." I then reminded her of her intenti...ns of beinghome by 10:00 this morning. She told me that she'd met another friendand spent the night at her house. Yeah, right, I thought. Thisconversation was bringing me down. Putting all such thoughts out of myhead, I informed her that Sam and I were off to the beach. "I'll see you later this afternoon then?" she replied. I felt so damnedsad. Toivoin syyksi ensimm?ist?, tuntiessani toisenlaisenkopsahduksen jalkov?liss?ni, veren pakkautuessa elimeeni kiireell?.Peili nro 16, Kiihko.Kiihke?n suudelman tiimellyksess? tunsin blondin k?den rinnallani, tissi?tarpomassa ja tunnustelemassa, n?nni? nautinnollisesti nipist?m?ss?.Toinen koura seikkaili seitsem?n tuumaisen seisokkini parissa, k?p?l?idenja kovettaen miehist? elint?ni lis??. Yritin parhaani mukaan ujuttaak?si?ni v?liimme, bimbon rinnoille ja jalkov?liin, tahtoen kosketellah?nt?. Good looking woman for fifty. Only old-looking feature is her eyes. Not even the skin around her eyes but her eyes. They looked like yellow tinged white marble, or maybe antique parchment.And for God's sake, why would a person - any person - choose their birthday to do something like this?"Your marital status?" Single." Never married?" Right. Not divorced, not widowed: single."More than a hint of irritation accompanied the statement and Detective Renner felt an apologetic need to explain his. When the tryouts for the baseball team started, Jason gave it his best shot, but just didn't have the skills. So he participated in spring football.He hated it.Oh, he liked football. He just felt that the spring drills were all conditioning and Mickey Mouse that would be gone by fall anyway. He hated the waste of time and energy.Especially, the time that he could be spending better either in study or in Moira's bed.One Sunday afternoon, he mentioned his frustration."Why don't you do some other.