"It was a horrible conflict, loving someone one way, yet wanting them in such a different way.His mother's hands reached back and squeezed his thighs...."Yes, yes you are, Sweetie, very talented." You should take art classes," he said."But dad—" Don't worry about him," Candy said. "You keep doing what you're good at and enjoy it. I'll figure out the rest."The last remnant of the world Evan knew before vacation started, had just unraveled. “Mom, I'm gonna ride my bike for a while. All right?" He. ”Sam’s absolutely right. We should go get those last two Mason jars before they disappear. The whole family gets up and I pull Mom and Alyssa after us. We walk down like Kathryn and I had before grandma holds on to my arm and Michael’s. It’s only now that I reminded that she is nearly 90 years old. We cross the meadow slowly nearing the fallen tree. Even from a hundred feet away you can see the glittering gold at the bottom of the two Mason jars still in the tree roots. When we reached the tree. I was going to move the couch, so the end of the couch partially faced the closet. If two people were setting on the couch, I could see what was going on, if I had the door cracked open.I said to Judy, “Have Gil set on the end of the couch, so he will be looking away from the closet, you set next to him. You will be the only one who will be able to see me, you will be looking directly at me. I plan to clean everything out of the closet and put a chair in there, so I will be comfortable.“Is. Spotting the haggard looking police officer dressed in rags, he headed over to talk to him. He greeted the policeman, “Hello, Blue Jay.”“How’d you know they are calling me Blue Jay?” Joe asked.“They call all cops that,” Harry answered with a grin. He looked around for a moment and said, “Kind of like how most cops call all of my folk street trash.”“Point taken,” Joe admitted. He had changed his mind about the people to a significant degree. He had come to understand why Harry had thrown his.