He looks in the mirrorto detect some sign of a beard, finds none as usual, not evensideburns."At least I won't have to shave my legs until next swim s...eason." Helooks at his legs and thinks, "It sure isn't growing back as fast as itused too, actually not at all."He sits down with Mom at the kitchen table, where she is also in a robeand rollers."Mom - the home unit made me do this myself. Is that right? Do we needa new one?" No Jim - when you have done a given style enough times it allows youto. "They were happy enough to feel like they fleeced an old woman out of her inheritance but only one or two mentioned that the price they were quoted was way too low." I didn't hear anyone mention that," Shelly said. "Most just grabbed what they could carry, tossed their money on the table and ran before someone figured out it was almost a crime what they paid."Light laughter filled the vehicle."Still, it was nice to see Edna get a break," Allie said. "She seemed like such a sweetheart. I've. Make up for the breakfast you didn't finish Saturday. I saw this stuff in the fridge. I figured that since you brought it, it was stuff you like." Well it smells good enough. Lemme get dressed." I won't peek," she said.I slid out of my pajamas and into a clean pair of pants and a pullover shirt, grabbed a pair of socks and headed toward her. I noticed the bacon was cooking to perfection and the grits were happily bubbling on a rear burner."How do you like your eggs?" she asked."Can you do "over. If I could turn back the clock I would, but I can't. I don't know either if our marriage will survive this, but I am praying to God with all my heart and soul that it will. You have been, still are, and no matter what happens, always will be, the love of my life." You're a strong, good, decent man and a wonderful father. I just saw how tender and loving you were with Joey and it broke my heart to think that in one drunken thoughtless moment that I may have destroyed that as well. I know you are.