She yelled for Jeffrey to join her side. So, he did. She fussed at the others on the field telling them they should not be so rough with her precious ...baby. This caused jeering from both teams. They called him ‘sissy’, ‘mama’s boy’, and ‘faggot’. Geraldine dragged her ten year-old grandson by his arm and scolded him, “I tole you. I ain’t want you playin’ no ball wit’ them oldah boys. Now you see why.” “Yes ma’am,” Jeffrey said defeated. He looked back at the game in progress once more and began. Just as I realized it, the naked woman, my neighbor who was holding her towel and stared directly at me. Once she did that, I realized something. I was caught in the act of staring at this woman’s incredibly attractive body, even for a 53 year old woman I told myself. Of course, I jumped back and away from the window. I made sure I didn’t walk past it and stood up, away from the heater seeing as our garage isn’t heated, and I found somewhere to smoke my cigarette. The image of her naked body. ” I paused, then said, “It would probably be best if you and Dad could talk and come to some agreement before the whole family meets.”Mom nodded her head against me, then looked up. “Thanks, Beth. I will take your suggestion.” She kissed my cheek, disengaged, then headed back downstairs.I looked at the time. Fuck! It was only 5:30, and I was wide awake. I dithered for a bit, then decided that I may as well start writing up yesterday, as that was going to take quite a while. I was interrupted a. When the cloud finally began to retreat back over the water the crowd began to thin. She thought about crossing over but the Mainland deputies weren't letting anyone cross over & while she was there after the cloud had retreated no one had come across from the Island either. Back home she turned on the TV to the Mainland News Station. Ashley Kane was on reporting but for several days now there was little news about what had happened. Weeks later she still couldn't reach Ray. During that time.