He stood there, all resplendent in his blue and green and tan windowpane checked suit, giving his spiel to all the passers by. He looked so much bigge...r than life to an impressionable young boy like myself. In fact he seemed to be almost heroic.What he sold was "Doc Sharp's only known remedy to cure menstrual cramps, headaches and feelings of depression." It came in a clear glass bottle with a green label. There was a line drawing on the label of a pretty young woman sipping something from a. I wanted him to be good and ready for what I had planned. Just when he was on the brink, I withdrew my hand abruptly and snatched up my hoodie. The class was dismissed a few moment later. He scrambled to button his pants and loop the belt. I leapt out of my seat and bounded for the door, first out. I began striding down the long hallway. Three quarters of the way down, I looked over my shoulder and saw him careen out of the classroom, looking in the opposite direction, but I was sure he would. Each step is like a step nearer the scaffold as though I did use the lady yesterday evening, The wife had gone ahead again while I had a shower; hence it was a long lonely path I was treading, the door creaked open and I was in the hallway of misty`s home, distant sounds of women laughing, I peeped round the living room door, and there before me were the two women, a bottle in the hand of each, home-made wine again, Damson this time, happy eyes swivel in my direction,A crooked finger beckons,. I didn't understand it, but that seemed to be the situation I was in.The Allen residence was a nice one, in a upper-middle classneighbourhood. Along the way, my new mother took the time to show meseveral places to help "jog" my memory, as they all believed that wasthe reason why I couldn't remember Allison's past.One of the stops we made was the school Allison attended, but we werenot able to go in. So we pulled into the driveway of "our" house. Sheled me inside, and gave me a tour. We were.