" They were told."How about renting a car?" Maddie asked"I don't know about renting but the Ford place is just around thecorner." "Come on sweeti..., let's go look at cars" Sure think Mom," Michelle giggled and Maddie hugged her tight."Thank you Michelle. I think we may as well just drive the rest of theway, don't you?" Yeah get the inevitable over with. Like a band aid, just rip it offquick." Michelle said.A moment of silence followed as they entered the dealership."Back so soon?" asked the. What really caught my eye and turned me on was a strip of his red boxers that was visible above his shorts. I was snapped back to reality as he pulled the Zumaya shirt down and refastened his seat belt. "It's pretty big on me," commented Mike. "You must really be fat."I shook that comment off and asked my Mom to turn on the radio, slouching back in the seat as AC/DC's Shoot to Thrill came on. In a few hours, we exited the highway and drove towards Comerica Park. We found a parking lot and. ”Well, apparently Bev didn’t take it as a joke. As far as she is concerned, you laid claim to us so she had to ask your permission.”“Oh, get outta here. That’s just ridiculous.”“Not to Bev.”“Or me,” said Barb, and the words were no sooner out of her mouth than a guy came up to the table and asked her for a dance. She looked at me and asked, “Would you mind?”I chuckled and said, “Have fun,” and she got up and followed the guy out onto the floor. I looked at Irene and saw she was trying hard not. I found a small group of others that hung out on the East side of Portland. One day became another, we would go out and sit on the sidewalk and beg quarters from passersby. Most would walk around us, not seeing. A few would hand us change, and there were lots of places where we could get a meal for free. One spring morning in 1978 I was sitting there, half sick and hungover, trying to get enough change for a bottle. Through the blur I noticed some white stockings, I looked up and this lady in a.