I’ll be at your place when you get home tomorrow. I want you to think about us.”“I will and it will be happy thoughts.”She kissed me lightly a...d then stood. She reached down and pulled me up. I stood next to her and embraced her pulling her close. “Good night, Rachel.”“Good night, Gerald.”I left after a few more kisses. In the morning, my mother asked, “Is having Rachel stay overnight in our guest room okay with you, Gerald?”“Yes, Ma’am.” I then did a double take. “Have the sheets been. He went through them in those early hours to keep himself in faded and worn but serviceable clothing. Life for Kenneth Lawson was a series of day-to-day crises but he managed to survive and even to prosper, after a fashion, though he always felt hungry. Days turned into weeks and months and years. As the town changed slowly, so did Kenny. New buildings presented new opportunities as well as new dangers. Residents came and went, though the majority remained the same. Kenny had become quite adept. At a time when other girls her age were out dating, boys were not interested in a girl with no legs. When others were getting jobs, she was stuck in physical therapy learning how to deal with the simplest of everyday tasks. Her mother had tried to keep her from looking for a job afraid that the rejections she was sure Denise would get would further crush the young woman’s spirit.She had been sitting near this very spot feeling depressed from store owner after store owner telling her that they. ”“What should we do?” Dad asked.“Have the meeting tomorrow and play it by ear from there. David may be right. We need to be prepared,” Mr. Morris said.“Did he really see my bodycam?” Dad asked.“He made an educated guess,” Fritz said.“I agree,” I said. “We’ll have to make a show of taking off bodycams for the next meeting.”“I think he’s preparing for his role in the James Bond movie,” Dad said.“If you work out where we meet him with enough warning, I can get everything set up so you won’t have.