"Thank you," Bob said politely and handed the cards back to the girl.
"Now where my daddy go?" Eunice asked as Norma clung to her.
"He's down at St. Elizabeth's Lock-up; had him a little altercation," Bob admitted. "You got anyone you can call?"
"Call for what?" Eunice asked.
"Well, y'all can't stay here by yourselves, huh?" Bob asked.
"Why not? I'm eighteen and she's twenty yeah," Eunice asked.
"Oh? Oh, okay then," Bob said as the paramedics lifted the gurney and began to wheel it as quickly as they could toward the retaining wall.
Norma and Eunice looked on as everyone quickly dispersed. Finally, Eunice forced Norma to assume Alton's role and assist her in pulling the three logs onto dry land.
Then they went inside their shack and waited for their father.
As darkness fell, Norma
