I figured my mom would understand so I headed home earlier than expected. I pulled in the driveway but did not open the garage because I would be leav...ing after I ate and asked my mom for money. I entered through the front door and saw that my mom had not cleaned the house yet. As I was walking to my room I heard whimpering coming from my mom’s room. I thought that maybe something had happened to her and she might be in pain. I was not sure so I walked down the hall and opened the door. I walked. I mean the Yankees were still up 8-3. And then BAM! Two run homer. 8-5, we have a ballgame. Even I was starting to get a bit nervous now (and I didnt even know what we were playing for yet). The boys were really hooting and hollering now, and Anne Marie was just shaking her head. I knew something was up but I didnt learn about it until the Sox scored two more in the eighth inning. At 8-7, Anne Marie said Oh fuck, I guess its time to tell him, fellas. Tell me what? I asked cautiously. I could. Once more the prospect of imprisonment faced me and there seemed no way out of it. I'd been advised to plead guilty and show remorse and plead for a non-custodial sentence. Eric and even Ernie were going to speak on my behalf and Heather Roberts sent a good report on my work at The Grange but I doubted if that would be enough. I'm just beginning to get my life together and it's all going to fall apart again.Mother's face was a lot better but some bruising still showed and she'd been advised not. Joanne’s cousin was in town on business, would be around through the weekend and at a loose end on Saturday. Joanne and her boyfriend had long-standing plans for the day and she pleaded with Molly to meet with her cousin and entertain him for the day, for the afternoon at least. Molly resisted, not wanting to give up a whole afternoon and not really feeling hospitable to the opposite sex right then – yet another guy who was all trousers and no manners was recent history. “Hey, it’s not.