I quickly stood and greeted them at the door. I walked them into the dining room and retrieved a beer for them. It was Daddy's usual friends. I didn't... mind two of them but the third really weirded me out. I always tried to keep my distance from him. Daddy walked out from his room and greeted his friends. He sat down and started telling jokes with his friends. I handed him his beer. I went back into my bedroom and waited until Daddy needed something else. I didn't mind being in another room when. It was a look that said "I'm looking out for your best interest here." Bryan had seen it hundreds of times over the years when Silver asserted her spousal authority."What we are saying her Bryan," she said solemnly. "Is that you have carried everything on your shoulders for weeks now. You're not sleeping well. You're grumpy, irritable, and sometimes unpredictable." And sometimes your decisions are questionable," Derek added.Derek had been walking about on crutches for the past week. The. Every summer during the first week of August there was this big tournament at that club for all the local people. That lasted a whole week and every evening there was a party until late, and the traditional bbq-evening on Thursday. Two years later, when I was 18 I decided to pay a visit to my old friends and got the approval from my mom to take the bus that evening and come back the next morning with the first bus. I would easily find a place to sleep on one of the sofa chairs in the club. He died over 40 years ago. She also told me she has a son who lives in British Columbia he is in his early 40's. After the pictures were hung she asked if I would like a cup of coffee or tea. I chuckled and replied Oh like Coffee, tea or you? she blushed and giggled. Kind of like a little girl. She was cute and hell even all sweaty and in her grubby clothes. We sat and had a cup of tea and chatted about our lives. She told me she didn't have any friends in this town. She moved here because of.