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His parents wer; with him to Juvenile Cou;t and swore
to the judge they woul.d keep a closer eye on W.l.llie in the
future. TIley might have done so if his father hadn't died
three months later of a stroke. Willie's mother just
couldn't cope with him. When her husband died she became
intensely religious, faithfully believing whatever Willie
told her. She 11ved in a dream world where everyone was
good. Willie dropped out of school and went to work,
living with his mother rent free. He did pay for the
groceries and meet the property tax every year, but that
was cheap compared to what he would have had to pay for
an apartment with a 11ve-in maid and cook. Mrs. Thomas
never interfered with Willie's romances, Simply because
the only womenin .his life were the naked ones in magazines
like Rogue, Gallery, or For Men Only. While tii» mother
thought he was patiently waiting to meet a nice aecent girl~
Willie fervently believed that one day a beautiful blonde
with large breasts would walk into his 1.ife and beg him to
!Sleep with her.

With her husband gone, Mrs. Thomas settled her life
into a routine fixed around Willie I s work schedule. S.l:Je
would make his breakfast in the morning, clean the house
(all except Willie's bedroom, which she never entered
without his permission) then eat her lunch and watch soap
operas until it was time to fix Willie's dinner. Every
night sbe prepared a Lunch for Willie to take to work the
next day. On Thursday evenings Willie took her grocery
shopping and on S7..l1ldayas friend would drive bex to church.
Their life together followed this routine for six years.

On one particularly cold morning Willie overslept and
in his hurry to see that none of the other drivers beat
him to his truck, he .skipped breakfast. Willie arrived at
work and sat shivez'ing in his truck waiting for the diesel
to warm up enough to give beat. Reaching in the pocket; of
his field jacket, he unhappily found it empty. Be'd left
a pint of Vodka in his bedroom. He found his grass, but;
that wasn't much help against the cold. Willie thought
for awhile and decided tio stop home before his first pick-
up. He could grab the Vodka and get a fre·e breakfast.
Without waiting for the heat, Willie started on the five
mile trip to his house. Uril.oeded, he bypassed five of
the ten speeds in the transuUssion and made good time;