"Hilaire Belloc wrote several books of cautionary tales. Like 'Henry King':The Chief Defect of Henry KingWas chewing little bits of String.At last he ...swallowed some which tiedItself in ugly Knots inside.Physicians of the Utmost FameWere called at once; but when they cameThey answered, as they took their Fees,''There is no Cure for this Disease.''Henry will very soon be dead.His Parents stood about his BedLamenting his Untimely Death,When Henry, with his Latest Breath,Cried, ''Oh, my Friends, be. ”I took a breath. “About that. The driver was a seventeen year old girl driving her father’s pickup on an errand. She had the phone up like this,” I pantomimed holding a phone at chest level, “and the airbag smashed it into her lower face.”“Oh, no,” Jo breathed.“The impact broke her left wrist and her thumb, and shattered her jaw. Her mother came by yesterday to see how you were doing, and she told me what had happened. The girl is devastated, both by her own injuries, and by how badly you were. “I'll take one Beef Teriyaki, and one Chicken Teriyaki – the lunch specials.”“Anything to drink?” There was that innuendo again. “Not right now, thanks,” I replied, tossing a little innuendo back her way. She gave me the total, and I swiped my card to pay for it. I was told it would be ready in ten minutes, and sat down to wait. Shortly afterward, I heard a cell phone ringing, and saw Hannah pull hers from her pocket to look at it. She tapped the screen to answer it, and walked from behind the. “What could I possibly salvage here that we can use to make a decent meal?”Feeling ecstatically happy for the first time in a very long time, he bent over looking into the fridge. He took out a bundle of broccoli, lettuce, white onions and a frozen tenderloin as well as the appropriate spices. He washed the vegetables and put the meat under dripping water. He efficiently cut the vegetables, steamed the chopped broccoli, put spices on the toweled tenderloin and grilled it to perfection.He then.