It was the same thing with Mom. Each of these things came imbued with a memory, and yeah I might just hold onto that time we stole a box of advertisin...g pamphlets and built them into a paper house while Martin looked frantically for them...But what if I forgot?What if I forget that senior English paper Madison turned on The Grapes of Wraith? How I’d noticed the spelling mistake right before fifth period when it was far too late to do anything about it? What if I forgot that ratty looking trapper. " Don't let it worry you, Howie, my boy," Ralph said. "In time you'll loosen up a bit." He leaned forward, almost hitting the glasses of bourbon, and said conspiratorially to Howard, "Now, for instance, tonight, if I were you, I would go home and have nothing to do with the little woman." I... I don't follow." You're worried about how Cindy will react to those pictures, right?" Ralph didn't wait for an answer but went on. "Well, do what I did. Don't touch her. Don't fuck her for three days.. When he came out of the shower Linda was there to ruba floral scented lotion all over him. When he went to tell her aboutthe body hair she told him to be quiet and let her take control for awhile. He enjoyed the feeling of her rubbing him all over but wonderedat the smell of the flowery lotion.She led him into the bedroom. He didn't see his clothes on the bedwhere he had left them. He figured Linda had thrown them into the wash.Linda looked angry again and he didn't know why.She said, "I have. A hippie entrepreneur. He owns, fully or partly, seven tattoo parlors around town. Two head shops. Seems to be doing okay.Although when he’s home, he’s usually high. Peacefully high. Genial. Has a laissez-faire attitude toward the parental role. BJ told me, “I cool with school, Fool.” Translation: so long as she doesn’t draw any District attention, her father lets her roll with Buster.We met the Raytown realtor, a dandruffy guy in his 40s. Eager to please. Most of them are, even more so around.