Cryin' in the Rain

Hey Folks. It's cold out there. We have a new year and all kinds of things to think about. For this story I thought about the way that JPB tends to leave a lot of his stories open at the end. I think that in some cases this is a great tool because the reader can imagine his own ending. In others it can be extremely frustrating because our minds always cry out to know what happened next. So I'm going to leave this one up to you. I have several possible endings in mind and I'll read all of the messages I get after this one and write something along the lines of whatever most of you want to see (kind of). Thanks as usual to Barney-R for his editing wizardry. Thanks also to all of you who read them. SS06