.. spuds, and was lucky not to have the bastard kick me to death."As I finished my tale there were tears in Maggie's eyes."You poor love" she sniffed,...wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, "what you have gone through would have floored most men; you must be made of steel." More like made of polystyrene at the moment, Mags."She stood up. "I could eat a horse, jockey and all," she announced. "I'm going to cook some scrambled eggs and bacon ... can you manage some grub?"The thought of food reminded. Yes, I caught him taking the stuff. He walked through the door without attempting to pay.” “Well done, I will take it from here.” and he marched out of the room. She turned to me. “Give me your wallet”. I handed it over. She studied the contents. ‘I see you don´t live too far away from here. So it would be fairly embarrassing for you when the local papers get wind of this,’ she said with a sneer. She sat at her desk exuding dominance and sexuality. I could see down her cleavage. It revealed. "Thanks. Well, I guess I'll see you around - at the store at least."To break the uncomfortable silence that followed, Sandra asked, "So what is the protest about, anyway?" The strip mall they're wanting to build over at Greeley's woods. There's all kinds of other places to build it, and they want to cut down all the trees and stick it there."Sandra frowned. "I'd heard about it, but I didn't know that they were building it there." Though the spot had lost the distinction in recent years, during. She also has a mean right uppercut." We motored off to Uncle Billy's in the quiet splendor of grandfather's old truck. I'm sure he would have been happy tonight.We were given my regular table. After they got over the shock, Uncle Billy, Carl, and Carol were shocked but happy to see their old friends. Mom said, "We owe all three of you an apology. We quit coming because we thought we wanted to enjoy our position. We goofed. Baldie and I are thrilled to be back. It's even better to find that our.