Chapter 190

• Anticipating this, Dad said, "Once that bus drove off, I knew I had made a mistake, I ran after it even though it was a city block away. I saw the brake lights come on and the door open up and your mom came flying off that bus crying, she dropped the duffel bag, running to me and we hugged and kissed as passersby cheered."
• "What about your girlfriend, Mary, the nurse!" I demanded to know. The volume and agitation of my voice caused everyone in the bar to look at me. I noticed my Uncle Jack just smirking at me.
• "Mary Katherine Ellington. Also known as Aunt Kate. Once your uncle got out of the service I asked him to come up here and settle down. The moment he saw your Aunt Kate, it was over for the both of them. Whereas, I never got to first base with her, she and your uncle made love on their first date. He told her, he liked the name Katherine or Kate better, so she changed it for him. That is why you had no inkling that your aunt was once known as Mary."