Ten minutes passed before she felt it was safe to sit up, and another five until she felt that she could continue her journey. Jim supported her like ...an old woman, gently nursing her down the slope, guiding her over the grass lest she might fall again with the strain of the walk. As they tottered round the corner and joined the queue, she was delighted to see that not only did the kiosk sell drinks and film, it also sold plasters, a choice of three sizes being available, hanging up on the wall. And then again and once more too."Good," she said. "Except my feet are killing me. I can't wait until I get off." Loren was always pleasant and talkative, unlike a lot of clerks in the area, and we had talked often."When is that?"She glanced at the clock on the outer store wall. "Ten minutes. Just ten minutes. That's $25.98. Hey, I don't suppose you could give me a ride home, could you?" Sure. I'll meet you out front, okay?" I took the two little bags of groceries and headed for my car. After I. "You're officially a bunch ofcocksuckers. Well, those aren't really cocks, so you're dicksuckers.Don't swallow it all. Show us the insides of your mouths. Up on yourhands and knees and crawl over here, lips wide apart."The pansy husbands did as they were told, faces red and tongues white.Their noses were running and their lower eyelids were pink from crying.They looked pathetic."So," Cammy inquired, "do you want to do that every time we all gettogether for one of these parties? Or would you. Janie thrashed around like a worm on a hook.She was trying to smother him with a pillow when the Main Street door buzzer sounded.He flipped her over and punched the remote control to bring up the exterior camera view on the television."Another delivery man," he said. A pillow hit him in the back of the head as he reached for the intercom switch. "Be right down."Scott pulled up his pants and hurried to the stairs. Packages from Dallas had been arriving for the last couple of days. He'd never.