Lunch

Sam was just finishing his second mini Coney Island hotdog from the four-pack at a table out front when Bobby arrived. Frank’s Franks is a unique hotdog joint. They seem to have a hotdog for whatever mood you are in. They have Foot Franks, which is a foot-long hot dog. They have the Regular Frank, which is what most people eat. For a snack, they have a Mini-Frank, which is about half the size of the regular hot dog. This is what hamburger people would call a slider. They even have a Fat Frank, which is a quarter-pound fat hot dog on a hoagie bun. You can have your choice oftoppings: Chicago style, Coney Island style, or just about any way that you can think of eating a hotdog. Bobby gets a Fat Chicago dog and joins Sam at the table.

“Well Bobby, how is itgoing?”

“OK, Iguess.”

“Frederica is still so upset by the arrest that she says that she never wants anything to do with this place ever again. We had planned on going to the Homecoming Dance, but no way. Like I said she is pissed. She swears that she did not do what they arrested her for. When she told me that, she sounded real but I detected that maybe she had done something. She will not talk about any of it. She says she is trying to follow the advice of her attorney. She started back to school in Vintontoday.”

“You know Sam, it was a bummer going to Homecoming alone, but as a senior andas Captain of the basketball team, I was expected to attend. Some of the recent graduates were there, so it was good to talk with them. There were some old people there a