The following day, I coasted through work at the office, trying to work out my options. At the end of the day, I stayed for two reasons: One, I love m...y kids. Two, I had nowhere else to go. And don’t look at me like that! Some of you have stayed in loveless marriages for exactly the same reasons. I guess it’s the path of least resistance. Little did I know how low I would sink, and in a strange way find some joy.The cock cage was nothing. I didn’t get hard when I looked at her and had to jerk. ”“What’s that?”“It’s a black powder replacement. Genuine black powder is getting harder and harder to come by, especially after 9/11. Pyrodex performs the same but is less sensitive. It’s not classified as an explosive, like black powder. It won’t work in a flintlock but it works fine in one of these...” He lifted a pair of binoculars and peered at the target. “I do believe you hit it.”“Let me see...” She took the binoculars from him. “I don’t see it...”“Lower left corner about seven. West Virginia beat East Carolina. Drew McCormick carried 24 times for 156 yards and three touchdowns. It was his best game since he joined the Mountaineers three years ago. I wanted to read a write up for the Delaware-Richmond game. The only info I had was a text from Andy last night – "DE 31 RICH 28 KR 3/67 PR 4/102 RCV 6/98 2TD"The newspaper article painted a more exciting picture than the modest text message. Richmond had led through three and a half quarters. Andy had run a punt return back. Just being with each other was nice and comfortable.About half past seven the phone rang. Mom grabbed it quick in case its ringing woke Peter, Susan or Mr Jackson."Hi mom", she said and turned to me and mouthed, "Its your grandmother", the way people do although its obvious you already know who they are speaking to."How are you, everything okay?", she continued. "Yea sure, tomorrow would be fine. It will be great to see you for a couple of days." Mom continued with small talk for a few minutes.