I will, however, also admit I was a bit drunk at the time it came to me.”“Wow,” Rick said, his mind again flashing back to the remembrance of on...ly a few moments before, an image that again brought a smile to his face.Then, as he did with most things in his life, he considered the downside of such a thing, if it ever had happened.“It’s a good thing you never said that to my mom,” he said. “She would’ve totally freaked.”“Actually,” Cory Lee replied, a bit of hesitation in a voice now more clear,. .." Well..." I started.If we headed home, by the time I'd showered and changed, it would bepast the curfew Mom set up, and we were almost towards the town squareanyway, so at least I could hand off that costume and someone somewherewould be happy tonight."Just a few more blocks, okay?" I said."Yay!" Dana went to hug me but recoiled when she remembered the eggs."Thanks, Max!" Don't mention it," I said. "Let's keep moving."As we kept walking, I pushed a strand of hair that had fallen onto myface. “You can stay with me, and after we get yer strength up in a day or two you can do some hard work on the farm,” Mac proclaimed.“Anything sir, I mean Mac… I’m a hard worker, I promise you,” I replied.“Good,” Mac replied, with authority.Judging Mac to be in his forties, I asked, “Were you ever married, Mac?”“Nah, never had time for women… they’re just too much trouble, boy,” Mac answered.After finishing in the tub I got out and towelled myself dry, before putting on the huge shirt that he had. Too badyou won't live to see it." Limping away, leading him as far away from Kim as he could, Ben calledback, "So tell me anyway?"Each step for Abs was molten steel under his now battered skin. But thenerves were beginning to weaken or perhaps his foot and ankle were dying. He wasn't going to be able to catch Ben this way. It was going to comedown to who fell down first. One way or the other, the police were goingto catch him now. Abs was only concerned about one thing, doing Benbefore.