It was bigger than before. I took off the shoe and cautiously moved my ankle. More pain. Should I attempt to walk? Of course not, but I can't stay her... as well. I stood up, carefully balancing on my right foot. It was very painful, but I somehow managed to put weight on the injured ankle. After a couple of tentative steps, I realized that I could do it. I toiled on, wincing at every step. The fact that I was wearing just one shoe impeded my movements and the limping became much worse. I. ” The man stirred. “Stay right there, Buster, unless you want my boot in your lug ‘ole.”Bill knelt next to Candy. “You okay, Baby?” and wrapped an arm around her.She leaned in to his embrace. “Yeah. I think. Might have a bruise or two.”“Sorry about this, Baby. Dockside’s often not the safest place. I wasn’t paying attention.”“Bernadette okay?”“Yeah. We’ve got a ringer there. I didn’t know she had any self-defence training.”They didn’t have to wait too long for officialdom to arrive. Two. EWW! Nerds!Those girls dressed ... fashionably. If it was “in style” for their age group, one of them was wearing it ... the others were”Autumn.” Russets; latte, caramel. Orange; sienna, persimmon; the yellows; Flax, butter, lemon, mustard, corn, dandelion, fire, butterscotch, honey, tuscan. The reds.I am so glad I didn’t have time ... and I like Carhartts ... and bibs and jeans and wool shirts and boots.The others have no time for a repeat of high school. Most of the girls who recognize that. However, at Christmas time, she met her match with Tina and the two of them just sort of merged together. I think that Terri saw Tina as somebody old enough to be 'grownup' but still young enough to be fun. That was one thing. The other was that she saw Tina as somebody to emulate; a female who was assured of her station in life and who loved me as much as Terri does.Driving back to the trailer the three of us talked."Sweetie," Tina told her, 'we're gonna have to put up with the trailer for a.