Onday, October 8, 1979Missy, Jude and I were in deep rapport the next morning when Beth surprised us by coming in and joining us. She sat on the loves...eat across from us and waited for us to realize she was there. I said. she laughed. Sharon went out to buzz Sarah in at the gate and in a few minutes they came out to the deck where we were relaxing. Sarah looked at least ten years younger and I told her so. Ken said. Sharon asked. Ken said. Bonnie said. I said and everyone else agreed. Tim. Her dad asked to talk to me? I smiled and nodded.“I’m going to put you on speaker, alright Daddy? Oh shit.” She unmuted the phone and repeated her question.“Hi-ii Wayne!” Alex singsonged immediately.“Oh, girlfriends is it?” The voice through the phone sounded big and jolly. “Here I was worried that my little girl was off at some boy’s house.”“It’s my apartment, actually,” I spoke up. Max freaked for a moment as she sat down next to Sam and held out the phone in the middle of the group.“Is it. ‘The citation from the Commissioner says the award was rare and honored a citizen who went out of his way to save the life of a police officer, the only officer to be saved by a citizen in the past ten years.’ ‘Oh you hero, doing your duty as a citizen.’ ‘I suppose I was but I knew if Jed were killed it would be left to me to find his replacement for our poker school.’ They drove on in silence, Linda shaking her head. At the end of the working week the two women and their courier buddies. ’ ‘OK, look, Sharon, you’re 23 years old now, and I know that you can’t just stay holed up at home all the time, and that you’re going to be interested in men. It’s just that you have to be responsible about things.’ ‘I will be, Mom, you don’t have to worry about that.’ I decided to take another shower before going over to Doc’s for the evening, it had been warm enough outside, and in my crappy car, that I had sweated a bit. I wasn’t sure just how fancily I should dress to this evening, but.