"Damn! That's hot, Mum." I told you." She seemed pleased that the water temperature got my attention the way it had. "Since you are here, why don't yo...u wash my back? You havnt done that for a few weeks" she said. "I don't want to spoil you, Ma Lady," I said jokingly as I kneeled beside the tub. "This could become a habit." Oh, please spoil me. No body loves me anymore." She placed her forearms one on top of the other from knee to knee and rested her chin on the bridge they made. She was trying. But it shouldn’t matter once the check clears,” Mr. Sawyer explained.“So, fifteen million dollars?” I asked in shock. “I didn’t think this would be so big.”“Yes, or 12 million after my fee. I know it sounds like a lot, but I assure you I am giving you a large discount on my services. I’m only charging you 20 percent. My normal fee is 35 percent.”I shouldn’t have been shocked by this, but I was still just a bit upset by it. He was 3 million dollars richer, and had not done a whole lot to earn. See, Jodie wasn't my real sister, although that's the way she was brought up. She was really my cousin, Mama's sister's little girl. What happened was that Jodie's daddy, my Uncle Jethro, got killed in a mine cave-in back before the war. Well, her mama was of a fragile nature, and she just wasn't up to dealing with his death. When she got the news, she went plum nuts, ranting and screaming and everything. She never got over it, and the sheriff finally had to come and haul her off to the crazy. "While U Wait -- $10.00." It was an interesting idea, and I did have that empty spot on the wall now, but would it be appropriate for work?"Hi, Mrs. Thatcher! Thinking of getting your picture done?" It was Tommy Parks, the kid who lived next door and mowed my grass every week. As always, he wore only faded jeans and an equally worn leather belt -- I often wondered what he did at school or during the winter. A few more years and he'd be starring in his own Diet Coke commercials.I struggled to.