There was simplyno way for us to clean your clothes adequately out here for you to beable to wear them again without risk of something transferring ov...er toyou that could put your health at risk. Trust me, you do not want todevelop something nasty this far from the local hospital."As Sally turned back to finish poking the remaining edges of the clothinginto the fire, Joe tried to work up further fury over the last of hispersonal things going away. However he had to admit this was his ownfault,. "Tiffy. There was that girl named Tiffany at the strip club, butbecause she was such a ditz and bimbo everyone started to call herTiffy." Gasping for air he wondered why he had told her. He didn't wantto, but he couldn't deny those eyes."Hmm, Tiffy. Perfect! And maybe you get an epiphany in due time. Not thatit would help you. Okay. Okay. Here we go. Listen up. Your name now isTiffy. Just Tiffy. No surname. From now on you are Tiffy and a woman. Gotit?"Tiffy was annoyed and shouted back.. I think at that point Dora may have stopped crying. In fact, shorty after her check arrived she headed home to Puerto Rico and was never heard from again; at least not in the continental U.S.Mom went back to work at the hospital as a nurse's aid She worked crazy hours so we didn't see a lot of her except on her day off. Angie and I went on to finish middle school and and start high school with the same close ties we had shared before Dad's death. Everything was back to normal or as normal as. Down here, the closer to the kitchen and the food, the more important the person." Well, he seemed to buy it anyway. I liked it because the kitchen gave us a way out without going back through the front door.They brought us the ribs and half a dozen pitchers of beer, and we dug in. Pretty soon The Candidate was smacking his lips, spilling barbeque sauce down his front, and chugging beer like he was in hog heaven. As soon as everyone saw him enjoying the food, the temperature dropped about.