Pat ran the last three balls, including the eight, and John told his partner that he'd had enough and was going home. Pat announced he too was tired a...nd already home. He said his goodnights to everyone and went to his room.Jeff walked his uncle and the other guy to the door while I sat down at the bar next to my wife. I asked if she'd had a good time. She said that she'd had a wonderful time and wished it didn't have to end, but that it was time for us to go too. Jeff had just closed the front. "Wow, Sam, uh... what are you wearing?" asked Jamie.Sam blushed a bright red. "Um, well.... Coach suggested I wear, um...this for my workout today," he stammered, trying to pull the hem of thesweatshirt down. "She had it sent over to my dorm room this morning." Thesweatshirt slipped off his shoulder, revealing a bright blue shoulderstrap.Jamie scratched his head, trying his best to be supportive of... whateverit was Sam was going through."Well, you certainly look... sporty?"Sam frowned,. "No big deal, then. What I was going to have you do was go on the next trip, and then have you exchange at Phantom with someone from Team 1 that'll walk down from the rim. I guess if you can't do it, I could go." Al," Crystal spoke up. "You don't need to go. I think Norma is up for being promoted to boatmen, and doing it now would put her a leg up on seniority. That might be important another year." You think she's ready?" No doubt," Scooter nodded. "She's going to make a great boatman, and I. At least that's what my friends keep telling me. I don't know. She's pretty and all but seeing how I'm her son, I don't see her as anything but mom. She has long, straight black hair, hazel eyes, and pouty lips. I know a lot of guys check her out when we walk in the neighborhood. So I guess that means she's hot.Mom works part-time to supplement the money we get from my dad's life insurance policy, which is nice because when I get home from school, she's already there making me a snack. One day,.