mother, came to me in a panic. “Biff. Have you seen Joshua?” The poor woman was distraught. I wanted to comfort her so I held my arms out to give her a comforting embrace. “Poor Mary, calm down. Joshua is fine. Come, let me give you a comforting embrace.” “Biff!” I thought she might slap me. “He’s at the Temple. Jeez, a guy tries to be compassionate and what does he get?” She had already taken off. I caught up to her as she was dragging Joshua out of the Temple by the arm. “You worried us half to death.”
