" Stuck?" The woman stood over Brandon. "You mean, in this park? If youwere separated from your parents, I 'm perfectly happy to take you homemyself....." No," Brandon shook his head. "My parents haven't even been born yet."The woman was silent for a minute or two. Then she knelt down besideBrandon. He felt the silken fabric of her dress run along his skin. Forsome reason, the sensation made him feel...calm. Peaceful."I haven't the slightest idea what could be wrong," the woman said."But I'm. ” He stopped as the nurse rolled a wheelchair up. “Mister Buckman, I don’t want you looking for the driver. It was an accident, nothing more. You weren’t responsible. He wasn’t responsible. The weather was lousy. He wasn’t driving fast or crazy. He wasn’t drunk. It was just an accident.”“Yeah,” I replied, tiredly.It was about four in the morning. The nurse handed me a hospital robe; I was wearing the outfit that had my ass hanging in the breeze. I had no idea where my clothes were. The trooper. " "Yeah, yeah! Yeah, besides, I'd like to see what I look like in ablack strap. Yeah Sammy, I'll take you up on that!" Bob stripped off his briefs, and reached out to take from Sammy theblack jock strap he handed to him. Before starting to put it on, Bobpushed the strap up against his face and took a large whiff! Then, lickinghis lips slightly, he looked at Chuck and said, "Hey man! I've alwaysheard of guys that smell other men's jock straps, and I decided this was asgood of a time as any. I’ll get you started on a routine of exercises so by hunting season next year you’ll be able to shoot that arrow over 2 football fields!”And that’s how my workout regimen got started. Besides progressing with weights, Dad had me start running. In the summer he added swimming, especially after my weight training so I’d stretch the muscles out that I was developing. He didn’t even let me touch my bow again until he felt I was ready, which was almost a year later, just before the start of hunting.