Mary shook her head, there wasn't anything to pick up. She just hoped Michale wouldn't come looking for her later on in the evening. She wouldn't be able to handle whatever mess he likely was. She had heard around town that he had started up drinking heavily. She could understand why.<br/><br/>"Thanks Phil..." Mary said, though she had her head against the window, staring off into the sky. She could see the sunrays peeping through the clouds and was reminded what Sarah had said once upon a time. Sarah had told her that when she was a little girl she believed that each little ray she saw was an angel being called up to heaven. Mary wondered when Sarah was called and if she had seen her ray.<br/><br/>It didn't take long for Phil to pull up to the house. It was a small white one with a red tin roof. Mary had kept the place up pretty well and had been trying to fix the place up a little bit at a time. It was a way to deal with stress for her. The porch was going to need some work soon, and distantly she thought about how Sarah had offered to help. She supposed she'd have to go it alone now.<br/><br/>Her hand hovered over the door handle as she stared at the house. It just felt so overwhelmingly empty and lonely. She was just glad Phil had asked Sue Ann over. "I don't know how much more of this I can take..." she mumbled suddenly, her eyes still fastened on the house. It seemed so warm and inviting, but to Mary is was just a constant reminder of how alone she really was. Usually it didn't bother her too much, but...that was before Sarah.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Clyde closed up pretty quickly, his shoes crunching in the gravel as he turned and began to walk with Lamar. "I think cuttin' us ta the bone would be softer...This is gonna tear the town apart, Lamar. Ain't no one going to trust anyone else about this. The youngins are going to take justice inta their own hands if it ain't solved quick enough, and the old folks are goin' add the fuel..." Clyde wasn't very optimistic. He had lived in another small town before this and had seen how a town could turn in on itself. He certainly didn't want to see that for Colton. It was a nice place in his opinion.<br/><br/>"I just hope the sheriff can keep it under control for the most part...Betty you say? Well, I wonder if Paul knows. He'll be upset if he finds out at the meetin' and not from her."