
When she gets home there will be a few cold Cokes in the fridge. I think there's one 
Red Rock soda left. Those boys from college left their litle cheap, 
styrofoam cooler in the kichen. All the ice melted and there are three hot  12 ounce Buds in there still connected by a white plastic loop. 
"Wicked" 
Wilson Pickett's singing on the 
radio. He's singing about,"Gonna wait til the 
Midnight Hour, when all my love comes tumblin' down."
Love, ain't it something. The boys just had to leave and go back to 
Columbia right now and leave us here to fend for ourselves in this hurricane. We could have used the 
moral support as well as some help with the house. They were probably too hungover to be much good at carpentry anyway.
There's nothing like trying to read by candlelight.