"Tommy" Part 26
 

"Tommy" Part 26"Tommy"By GentilePart 26---------Back to The Night of the Driver-Along:It would do no good for me to go first. It had to be Tommy. I wanted to watch him with her and her with him. Girl knew it. Tommy knew it. That's why she worked on him exclusively. "Tommy, darling, please. I'll make it good. I want to love you. To show you how much I love you. And I do, boy. I love you so much. You're my favorite."Dead silence.She moved from behind his right ear to his left. The whispering lasted about a minute, perhaps less. I never asked, nor was informed as to what was said by Girl.Finished, she shifted back.The dead silence was cut by the sound of the driver side door handle's engagement and the illumination from the inside light.He got out.I got out.She got out.She got him into the house. I'd went first, cleared the lock. He was in a bit of a trance. I surprisingly had rallied."Cully, you go ahead and shower and clean up. You don't have to take a cold one, but, don't dawdle." Our water heater was a 20 gallon model. We needed double that. "I will take care of Tommy. Just c'mon down whenever you're ready." I hesitated. "Go ahead, boy. We'll be fine."I turned and walked away."We'll get this belt off first, Tommy, and then we'll..."I didn't close my door, but, I pushed it to. When I peeked thru the three inches left they were gone. I heard her vaguely beyond the hallway cut-off, a baby talk tone to her speech.When next I saw Tommy he had rallied and taken the con.---------By the time I'd finished showering I was starting to get cold feet and it had very little to do with the cold water. I thought using the cold water would bring me around. I barely even felt it. Just scrubbed down and turned it off.I was done showering but, was still standing in the stall because that is where the built in sink and mirror were. They was down there with creature comforts and I was standing in standing water in a stall that was no bigger than a phone booth with a sink protruding that I kept bumping my ding-dong on, which of course was sticking straight out. "For as miserable as you are it ain't hurt your bone any."It was just a yo-yo; up