I take a deep breath, walk over to the door, and open it. There they stand, both Grant and Dallas, looking dashing as ever. I invite them both in whil...e I run for my sweater, just in case I need it. When I return I find Grant looking at my family pictures. I walked over and told him who was who. Then he asked if I was ready and off we went. ‘I hope you don’t mind, but the restaurant we are taking you to is a little out of the way place. They have great food though and it’s outdoors so they don’t. She drank deeply and put down her glass. "He brought them here, some of the officers. Introduced me, and I told them to get out, to leave." She swallowed and moved her empty glass on the polished table top.I looked at her. She was embarrassed I think."I made quite a scene, very loud. He hit me, my husband struck me, and then he left with those men. He cursed and said he would be back and I would be sorry." When was this?" I asked."Three days ago. It was Saturday," she said.I refilled her glass. Now, what the word is itself isn't too important right now.We can talk about that later, once you've seen the true power that it contains.As for now, what's more important is your story, the story of a you who learnt of the same magic word...You wake up in bed to the sound of your alarm. Groggily, you blink your eyes a few times, and sit up. Rubbing your tired eyes, you reach out and turn off the beeping alarm, wondering why it rang on a Saturday. Suddenly you remember, and you instantly become. Meanwhile, I worked in the barn and on the larger garden. The garden didn't need much work except for watering some of the plants. However, the sun was hot and that sweated away a lot of my depression as I labored in my shirt and large hat. Only a fool went out into the August sun in Texas without those things if he was a White man. Otherwise, he was sure to come down with a bad case of sunstroke.Over the next few weeks, Ma did improve slowly, but steadily, but we wondered if she ever would.
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