[25—(S/he/it)]
I didn't get home till one, and Mother was more than upset, to say the least. But she didn't say anything that night."Who was that negro boy who brought you home last night," she asked at breakfast...
View Article[26—The Right Words]
[CONTINUED]We found Topher, but only by the most circuitous of routes. We rode the bus to the library were I'd met Bobbi. I had no idea what we'd find there, but I had no other leads.Nobody there...
View Article[Drs. King and Spock]
Today is the 44th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I thought you might be interested in what he did in my timeline (CTL). The text in orange is specific to CTL, the...
View Article[27—Matchmaker]
[CONTINUED]We walked up to the Indian and she looked it over. It had a rack on it that wasn't there last night."Hot ride," she said, giving me a tacit look of approval over her sunglasses. "Maybe...
View Article[28—Alterations]
"You want a what?""An orange dirndl.""For Halloween?""Yes, Gina, for Halloween."Gina was at the sewing table in the basement, working on her costume; she was going as Wonder Woman.At least she thought...
View Article[29—Lefty]
I was just about done with my costume. I had the dress and blouse, the slip, and my straw blonde hair braids like manila rope. "Can you hurry up, Heidi?"Tammy stood in the doorway, wiggling her feet...
View Article[30—Leroy]
[CONTINUED]I always though Tammy came from the suburbs, like me. She was white, well-dressed, and went to the same school district I was in. Not a lot of folks could afford a house in St. Charles,...
View Article[31—Halloween Party]
The next afternoon Tammy showed up, dressed in ratty old clothes. She was oddly quiet even for her. I asked her what was wrong."Nothin'," she answered. "Are you sure you wanna go to this party?"It...
View Article[32—Christy]
[CONTINUED]I felt oddly comfortable, being held in Christy's arms, but I'm glad she didn't try to kiss me; I don't know what I'd have done.An awkward moment ensued, but passed with the song. The next...
View Article[33—Double Jeopardy]
[CONTINUED]I watched hit go and stood there shivering. I was cold and drunk, but I had the presence of mind to feel violated. You just shouldn't mislead people like that.What about you, a voice deep...
View Article[34—Shoffer's]
[CONTINUED]"Look, guys," I said to both of them, "we've all had a rough day. Let's just cut each other some slack, okay? Tammy, don't you think wearing black-face was a bit provocative? Maybe you...
View Article[35—Heywood v. MoDOT]
In spite of my mother's and lawyer's warnings, I still thought winning my court case would be a piece of cake. The facts were on my side.Not all cakes are worth eating, though. Soap comes in cakes,...
View Article[36—Amnesty]
[CONTINUED]After the unexpected end of court that morning, Mother took me out to lunch, with shopping to follow."So what makes you two think," she asked me during dessert—a decadent tiramisu—"that you...
View Article[37—Super Tuesday]
There was no court the next day, so I had to go to school. This week had promised to be a stone-cold bitch. So far, that was an understatement.School was a real blow-off, since I'd done all of my...
View Article[38—Joining Up]
The morning's headlines shocked me:Ford Wins big in CaliforniaThere was an article, giving the tally. Every state but Washington had reported. Spock had 155 official electoral votes. Ford was...
View Article[39—First Date]
Topher's visit had thrown me off my schedule; I hadn't watched the news last night and was again shocked by the papers.Apparently, Washington had gone to Ford. I was bitterly disappointed.I told...
View Article[40—Funny Looks]
[CONTINUED]But before I could react, Topher had come around and joined us. Hit handed the keys to...I don't know, heoself?"Thank you my good man," hit offered a handshake and a ten-dollar bill. Hit...
View Article[41—Verre Slippers]
[CONTINUED]It takes a lotta chutzpah to show a date films of you when you were a little girl. Especially if you no longer were.I was atwitter with excitement, but some part of me—the part other people...
View Article[42—Rabbit on Ice]
Nothing could be better than this, I thought to myself, lying in bed with Topher asleep beside me. Hit slept like a cat, sprawled out, hits feet and hands twitching all night.But I slept like a dream....
View Article[43—Rhymes with Orange]
[CONTINUED]The Lil' Orange Rabbit; that's what it was, and it was mine. Incredibly, I'd passed my test. I guess the officer didn't want to admit that he nearly caused an accident. I didn't...
View Article[44—School's Out]
FitzRoy's is a high-end electronics outlet. They carried just about everything. Why Daddy was taking me there, and not Robbie, I had no idea.Inside it smelled like fresh tobacco, but not smoke.The...
View Article[45—Feliz Navidad]
Yuletide at the Heywood's has always been a small affair; homey even.But there were nine people around our table for Christmas dinner that year.Santa had come and gone, stockings were stuffed, their...
View Article[46—Auld Lang Syne]
Gina's birthday was the Twenty-ninth of December, but I was just too busy to attend her party that year. I figured she wanted to spend it with her new beau. They didn't seem to be cooling to each...
View Article[47—A Gift Rabbit]
I was leaving the next day, and in spite of my best preparations, I just wasn't ready. I had a life now, and didn't want to leave it.But I had to go; if I didn't I'd always wonder if I had what it...
View Article[48—Goodbye Topher]
I'd been awake since way before dawn, listening to Peter, Paul and Mary on my Grip's headphones.It was'leaving on a jet plane'played over and over again, in mono. I'd already cried a ten-year...
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