After a while Sage stopped to rest on a truncated mountain top, gobbling an unwary mountain sheep while Eldritch consumed bread and cheese washed down... with a skin of wine.Resuming their search, they happened upon a large cave high on a peak where there was no denying the bats had made their home. Piles of whitened skeletons littered the guano spattered rocks below the opening, the smell making them both sneeze."How shall we make them come out and fight?" Sage said."I have an idea," Eldritch. And I think that was a revelation to her as much as to me…not last night, but recently. Born of her need to reevaluate her choices, and probably worked out with a counselor’s help, her new understanding of how she managed to become an adulteress was teaching us both a few things. What I heard last night was a grown woman lamenting a young girl’s choices. And it sounded so simple. She left me, and it was a mistake. The worst moment of my life: a mistake. Some people would panic in this. Big black letters, NOTICE OF DEFAULT. Further down the stack I found out why we were so far in the hole, even though Mom was working and made pretty good money. When Dad quit, the state had stopped paying for health insurance. He'd kept it up, and the premiums were outrageous.I put everything away and went to fix dinner, thinking that maybe a hamburger would have been a better choice. Or a grilled cheese.Zoe and I got off the bus and walked to the mailboxes. Tami, Mikee, and Kelly got off. Suddenly mom just fell facedown onto the bed andanswered all my questions when she slurring said, “Hon,get me undressed and under the covers.”FUCKEN ALL RIGHT!!!! Was all I could think of. And thenshe started snoring. I went for it. not REAL rough, butI knew I had a job to do before dad got home. Iunbuttoned and unzipped her skirt.. and started towiggle it out from under her. Oh hell with it Ithought, I might as well pull her panties off at thesame time. After a few good tugs the.