Gail was in a tough situation and there was an opportunity for me to help her in a manner that would help me. It’s working out well thus far. She ha... asked me to consider having you stay here so you can make long-term plans.”“I would appreciate that, Todd. What are your rules?”“You should know that I’m old-fashioned. I go to church and take my attendance and my faith seriously. That implies moral standards including no men in your room and none staying overnight. There is prayer at meals and. Wonder. Dread. Perfection. Corruption. Like the ceaselessly shifting parallelogram at the centre of my incredible invention, emotions, sensations, transmuted, cycled, hid and showed themselves; yet, unlike my invention's regulated constancy, they fed back, intensified, expanded, abounded, till my ruined body could barely contain them. A new sound filled the room. A cry. A wail. It was unearthly. Inhuman. It was unstoppable. Unbearable. Impossible. It was me. The sound was me. Besides the. I stood there thinking that this might be a good time for me to leave and go home, there was just no way to tell what might happen if she catches them at what they were doing. Then, in a few minutes, my Aunt Deb came back out, telling me, "Um, I couldn't find them either." She had a grin on her face that made me wonder if she'd seen them but, surely, if she had, she would have had a fit. Well, at least the crisis was over. She lay back down and said, "Would you do my back, Paul?" and held out. I cranked the stereo and we left a trail of dust behind us as we raced out to the gravel pits. My stereo was killer, my uncle Stu bought it for me when dad and I finished restoring my ’72 IH pick-up. It looks like a vintage radio, but it has up to date electronics inside. They mounted a speaker in the each door and down in each kick panel. Then they mounted an amp and sub-woofer behind the seat. When we finished installing it my dad and uncle Stu made me raise my right hand and swear. I had to.