“Me?!!!” I asked, jumping out of my skin.“Yes, you, Daddy. Aside from her real dad, you’re the closest thing to a father she’s ever known. T...e thing is, she also has a HUGE crush on you.” informed my daughter.“But I can’t...”“Make love to her?” asked Dave.I simply nodded.“You might not need to,” he continued.Michelle comfortingly put her hand on my shoulder. “It depends on how she feels and what she wants.”“But what if ‘Mandy’ comes on to me?”“Then Amanda would have that same desire, though she. That’s when I first found out he was a loud drunk.I went back inside and sent everyone home, except Darlene and Maurice.My wife brought Darlene out, who was doing better than before. I asked Maurice to be ready to play, ‘It Won’t Happen Again.’I went to Darlene and said, “He’s gone – I put him in a cab and sent him home. When he gets that way, does he hit, or just yell like today?”“Oh, Richard – heavens no, he doesn’t hit me or my Mom, he just gets stupid drunk every now and again. He often. “Just focus on today and let tomorrow take care of itself, okay?”“It’s not really tomorrow I’m worried about,” Sarah whispered, looking toward the door, but then changed her mind. “Well, it’s kind of about tomorrow.”“It’s your heart,” Josie answered softly.To which Sarah simply nodded her head.“I can see why you might want to stay.”Grant had just finished talking with Ike and Vera Kelly, a couple from Hazelton who had lost both their home and their hardware business, when he heard his wife. Both ladies were in the living room. Eve said, "Why dresses?"I grinned. "Your legs will show off better." The two looked at each other with that unspoken communication that only women can do and headed for the bedrooms. I took my case into my bedroom and set it down.Eve opened one of her cases and pulled out a dress. Laying it on the bed, she stripped, including her bra, and shimmied into the dress. What there was of it was tight and low cut at the top and high cut at the bottom. She slipped.