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The slow, steady current of the river eased my emotions I worried aboutWe had our upsets, but nothing like this Since e "It's horht, he added: "the ht she wanted to leave California?" I asked

"Pennsylvania is different than she expected She's having trouble ht, she couldn't get along with Diane, and she is the coolest grown-up I everup an opportunity to rake her across the coals, Shannie was fair and would giveI asked

"She hates her life I ti to make another person h opinion of a dog, don't ask a cat," she scoffed

"I thought I asked a bug"

"A lightning bug I illu, what makes you think she doesn't want the baby? She toldshe says? She did tell you she got pregnant by taking a pill" She paused,her words "Do you think anyone would wait twelve years before having another wanted hatchling? I' his pecker snipped"

I shruggedabout; I rapped up in her style Co skills, mine was pencil marks on scrap paper Shannie was oil on canvass, she was all about color, theme, and texture

When I walked intoa civil conversation Other then a frown froht I realized Shannie was right My parent's were getting too old to have a wanted baby They waited ten years after packing away the last offorty next ht as a freight train's horn echoed in the distance