" I had never heard Emily refer to Liz as that before."Rich, how could you be so stupid? I told you to be careful," Dad bellowed.Liz asked, "I don't s...ppose that either of you took the time to make certain about protection?"We shook our heads at that question."Great, you better hope that Emily does not turn up pregnant." Dad growled."I hope I am!" Emily blurted.It was my turn for a shock. I just looked at Emily with my jaw hanging open. When I turned to look at Dad and Liz, I noticed the same. "Anyone going to tell me?"Nope, no one was."You really are VERY stupid people. Don't you think I already know who it is?"I threw that guy at the bear. Black bears are unaggressive, but this one had been riled for days, plus I'd been poking him for the last five minutes, pulling his hair, tweaking his nose, etc. Now a guy flew though the air and landed on top of the bear, which was the last straw!The gang member was immediately dismembered; it was a VERY short fight. Bloody though, making a VERY. Dad was sitting at the dinette table with another cup of coffee as Mom worked on breakfast."Good morning, honey!" she said with a big smile as I entered the room. "How are you today?"Un-fucking believable.I looked at my Dad and he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I heard you helping Jenni out. Everything okay?" I slumped into a chair at the table and just nodded my head. "It's a lot to get used to," he responded. "I'd forgotten about the effect two of us would have in the same house.". The canopy over the rusting fuel pumps looked a little more tilted, its collapse very imminent.For miles the road was empty and seemed like an endless straight line, rising and falling with the lay of the land. Its gray, sun-bleached asphalt was filled with a web of cracks and a patchwork of old repairs forcing Clark to drive slowly. There were no shoulders. The thick grass grew right along the edges, yet was unable to get a foothold through the cracks and smother the road. Worn out and uneven,.