"********************************************************Chrissy:I was wondering how James was doing and asked mommy if we could phoneKaren and find o...t. Mrs. Turnquist said that we were welcome to use herhouse phone and requested the maid, Sylvia bring the telephone handset tothe table. Sylvia who was dressed on a conservative maid's uniformbrought the telephone to the table. She gave the phone to me andGrandmamma showed me how to put it on speaker.I dialed the number given to me by. As he entered the lobby Richard noted that the elevator was still out oforder so he started to climb the stairs. As he reached one of the levelshe spotted a couple women dressed in hoodies hanging out in the stairwellsmoking. Richard looked at them before trying to shimmy past them. As hedid so one of them pinched is leather-clad behind. Richard ignored thishaving gotten used to it in the past few months that he and Linda hadlived in the building.Finally reaching his floor Richard noted the. "Goodnight, my precious darling," she whispered. "Sue's standing in for me while I get some sleep. Call me if you want me."She disengaged herself and stood at the end of the bed. "Thank you, Sue," she said softly. "Give him my love." She turned and went to her bed.Sue stared after her in stupefaction. It had sounded as though she was giving a farewell instruction. In fact it meant a very great deal more. It meant that she, Sue, could not sit and hold Mark's hand while reading a book, which she. Okay, we were going to spend some time keeping a closer watch on that spot for the next couple of weeks.After school, we followed the morning routine. Everybody conceded that I was now as good as Dad with the shotgun. I had been doing a lot of practice, and that shotgun had grown to be a part of me. Dad had already been looking for another one, and he couldn’t find one on the open market. He said that he was going to call his friend for one for me to keep. He wanted me to keep one beside my bed.