After a pause, I asked,” Can I get you anything?”Anne just moaned as Evelyn asked, “How about some water and a cold washcloth?” I ran back to ...the room, got some water and a washcloth, which I dampened with cold water back in the bathroom sink, and brought them to Evelyn. Anne seemed to be done, but Evelyn said, “I’ll keep her here for a little while longer, why don’t you just head back to the room.”“If you don’t need anything else then I’ll go back and wait for you girls there,” I repliedEvelyn. . I am so sorry. Did she..." Yes, she felt it. Warm, you know. Then she looked down with this horrified look and of course, I had a big wet spot on the front of my shorts. I didn't think her eyebrows would ever come down. I expected her to scream for her mother." She didn't?" Nahhh! But she might as well have, she jumped away like I had, like, leprosy." Would it happen again if a friend gave you a hug?" she said quietly.They leaned forward and she pressed her forehead to his."No, it wouldn't,. He a been away for five days on a business trip in Chicago. He was a business man and he had to make these trips often which meant that he and his wife had to be apart quite a lot. That is why they enjoyed the time they were able to spend together. The next sign he came across said fifteen miles to Hilo. Another one horse town he thought. He called his wife on his cell phone. "Honey I am less then two hundred miles from home now." I will be spending the night in Sheriden and I will be home. He was more like a boss than an uncle, and she even started calling him “Sir” because, well, it seemed appropriate. He had made it clear since her first day that he was doing her a favor or, at least, doing his brother a favor, by taking her in. He never once spoke to her kindly or treated her like his niece.On Sundays he would bring her to church. Tina’s dad had never been very religious, so it was definitely a new experience for the girl. She found that she loved going there, though: Sunday’s.