The horrified look on his face as I recognized him and he me was one of those lovely moments I will cherish always.It took me a few moments to recogni...ze the symbolism of the collar and leash. That little time had Billie backing away from me and shaking his head.I took two quick steps and grabbed the loose end of the leash. He stopped and said “no” quietly while continuing to shake his head slightly.I led him gently back into the dark area and pushed him back into the corner. Hopefully no one. Later that day, during the music class Bobby was in, when he stood there mute, her anger just increased.“Mr. Pendleton!” she barked, during a break. “If all you’re going to do is stand there like a post, you can stand in detention like a post all week.”She wrote him up and handed him the slip as he left the class.“If you don’t show, I’ll ask that you be suspended,” she said, softly.He finally looked at her.“That’s not fair and you know it.”“You should have thought of that before you went on. ”That got me a big kiss from Anna. Joan came over taking her away and landing on my lap. “You need to learn to share, Sis.”The rest of them all laughed, but Anna didn’t mind.Over the next hour, we added a very eclectic group of stores. I could have used another male in this group, but Stuart left me alone to head to Lincoln High Auditorium to get some things done prior to the beginning of school. He left Princess in my safe hands.We added Haagen-Dazs, Dunkin’ Donuts or Krispy Kreme, Jimmy Johns. ?I remember my great aunt Veronica as anindependent, intelligent woman who seemed to behave in a manner younger thanher years. She owned her own business, a private employment agency in SanFrancisco, with another woman partner.?The employment agency had apparently grown to become quite successful,contracting with the hordes of young Americans swarming westward into the cityin the heady? days of the 1960s and 70?s.? My grandfather told me that his sisterVeronica had been a nun for many years,.