7:09am in Dillon Texas, fog is in the air as we pass through the city of Dillon. We pass by a large green field where cows are eating in the grassy pastures. The sky was cloudless as the sun was barely shining. At the Street's new home, Mrs. Street was downstairs in her house robe drinking coffee and making breakfast for Mitch, while he was in the room getting dressed. Young Jason was in his room sleeping soundly. Mr. Street had to go to work at his Flower Shop where he was a manager. He had to open up in the mornings.
Mrs. Street was off her from her job today. She worked at State Farm the insurance company. Mitch came out the bedroom in the kitchen to where Joanne was. He hugged her from behind and kissed her on the cheek. Joanne turned around and kissed her husband as they stared into each other's eyes.
"How you holding up?" Mitch asked.
"I'm fine." Joanne answered. "What time will you be coming home?"
"At 10." Mitch answered grabbing his plate off the counter that was wrapped up in aluminum foil "Will you need anything while I'm out."
Joanne looked in the fridge for anything that they might need later on for dinner tonight.
"We'll need more milk, lunchmeat, chips, and caprisun's for Jason."
"That's reminds me, I better hang those tires up before Jason wakes up." Mitch said
"Mitch you know I don't agree with the football situation."
"I know Joanne, but every boy goes through this stage and I'm pretty sure it will only be temporary." Mitch said.
"You know how Jason is when he gets attached to something." "But that's just a fair warning." Joanne said.
"I know." Mitch said taking heed to the warning. He went outside to the where his van. Mitch opens the passenger door sitting his breakfast plate inside on the seat. Some cars are passing by on their way to work as well. Mitch sees a truck pass by that has at least 20 tires on the back of it.
"My goodness." Mitch says with a smile. "Hey!" Mitch calls out. The man driving the truck honks back being polite not realizing Mitch wants to busy tires. Mitch hurries over to the driver side getting in. He cranks up the car and follows the guy with the tires on his truck. Mitch honks his horn trying to get the man's attention. The driver of the truck slows down and pulls over. Mitch rolls down his window on the passenger side.
"Hey how you doing today sir?" Mitch asked the man
"Pretty good and yourself. The older gentlemen asked.
"I'm well." Mitch answered. "I was wondering if I could possibly buy some tires from you."
"Yeah sure." The man answered. He cut off his truck getting out. Mitch parked his van beside the truck away from the road. Mitch walked seeing what tires the man had to offer.
"How much are you letting them go for?" Mitch asked
"About uh, 15 dollars a tire." The man answered.
"I'll take it." Mitch said pulling out his wallet. "I'll take three tires." Mitch said he had 45 dollars in his hand. He handed the man the money.
"Which tires do you need? The man asked. Mitch began to look at the tires trying to decide which tires would be good lasting tires that Jason could use for a long time.
"I'll take these two and this one right here." Mitch pointed out grabbing two of the tires. The man grabbed the other one for Mitch taking it to his van. Mitch got the tire and put it in the back of his van.
"Thanks a lot. " Mitch said thankfully
"Not a problem." The man said. "I like to sell than rather get rid of them and they go to waste."
"I know what you mean." Mitch said.
"What are you going to use them for?" The man asked
"I have a young son who wants to play football and I promised him that I would hang up some tires for him to throw the football." Mitch replied
"Ah gotcha." The man replied
"Again thanks a lot sir." Mitch said shaking his hand.
"No problem." The man answered.
Mitch got in his van and left for work. He got to the flower shop. Luckily there wasn't anyone outside lined up waiting to get in. Mitch grabbed his breakfast plate in his left hand and unlocked the door with his right hand. He got in and locked the door back until they opened. It was now 7:36 am. Mitch went back to his office He finished his breakfast that Joanne had made for him. He got out his chair as the doorbell rang. Mitch could see from his office that it was on of his employees. A lady with long blonde hair down to about her shoulders and somewhat petite. The assistant manager Donna. Mitch went to unlock the door for her.
"Hey, good morning Donna." Mitch said
"Hey morning Mitch." Donna replied.
"How was your weekend? Mitch asked
"Bingo at the country club was okay this weekend." She answered.
"Win any money? Mitch asked
"Just 130 dollars." Donna answered. As she began to put on her apron. Mitch nodded in approval as he sat down at his chair again.
"What time are you staying until?" Donna asked Mitch
"Just till 10." Mitch answered.
"I thought you we're going to stay till 1?" Donna asked.
"I was but uh, I have to take care of some business at my new house." Mitch answered. "I'll be closing the next few nights though." Mitch said looking at the schedule.
"How does Joanne like the new house?" Donna asked.
"She's getting used to it actually." Mitch answered. "She was somewhat sad about moving since we brought Jason home from the hospital to our old home the memories caught up with her."
"What did Jason say?" She asked
"He loves it." Mitch replied
"Really that's good." Donna said. The doorbell began to ring again as two more employees came to the front door. Randy and Leslie. Donna went to go let them in. Mitch got up to see what they had today. He had his clipboard in hand marking off the good flowers and the flowers that looked like they were dying. Donna was speaking to the two employees. Mitch came from the back to show them something.
"Hey guys I need to show you something before we open up." Mitch said All 3 employees followed Mitch to the back to where he was standing.
"I'm not sure if anyone is going to want a bouquet of flowers, but when we close tonight or if there's time let's put these flowers and sell them first as a buy one get one free deal.
"You want me to make a sign for it." Donna asked.
"Yeah that's fine." Mitch answered. "If the customers aren't interested in that then throw them out at the end of the night."
"Alright." Donna said.
Alright let's go to work." Mitch said as Donna went to the register. The other two employees Randy and Leslie put on their aprons. Leslie watered the plants, while Randy set up the flowers on display for the customers to look around and see what flowers interested them. The majority of the customers were seniors.
Back at home with the Streets it's 9:47 am Jason was up playing with his toys in his room. He was counting down the time till his Dad was coming home to play football with him. Mrs. Street was on the with her mother who was planning on coming down to see the new home that they just purchased.
"Mom, is Julie coming down to as well?" Joanne asked
"She wants to but she just started a new job last weekend so she won't be able to make it." Ms. Allen said
"I hope it's not because of that guy she is seeing?" Joanne asked
"No honey she's single." "She hasn't talked to that guy in 3 months." Ms. Allen answered Joanne is surprised.
"What happened? Joanne asks wanting to the know the story.
"Apparently, the guy had children and lied about it to Julie." Ms. Allen explained
"Wow, unbelievable." Joanne said disgusted. "Is she okay?"
"Yeah she's fine." "What about my grandson how is he?"
"He's being Jason." "He's into football but he never really showed interest and now he wants to play but I totally don't agree with it.
"Boys will be boys." Ms. Allen said
"I know, which means he won't stop until I finally give in and let him play." Joanne said.
"Where's Mitch?" Ms. Allen asked Joanne looked at the time on the microwave.
It was 10:03 am.
"He should be here any minute now." Joanne answered.
"Okay your father says hi we love you and we should be down there later on tonight around 8." Ms. Allen said.
"Okay love you too and drive safe." Joanne said. Joanne hung up the phone on the kitchen wall. Joanne was going upstairs to check on Jason when the front door was being unlocked. Joanne turned around to see Mitch coming in. She came back downstairs.
"Honey I'm home!" Mitch announced
"Glad to have you home." Joanne said as she kissed Mitch. "How was work?"
"Nothing much, just the usual having to get the ship running." Mitch answered as he went and sat down at the dining room chair.
"My parents are coming down tonight." Joanne said
"Really, what time?" Mitch asked surprised.
"They should be here at 8. Joanne answered
"Oh okay." "Just your mom and dad?" Mitch asked
"Yeah, Julie couldn't make it, she just started a new job last weekend." Joanne answered. Mitch stood up to stretch.
"Where's Jason?" Mitch asked
"He's upstairs in his room." Joanne answered Mitch went upstairs to Jason's room. The door was ajar and Jason was playing with his football toy action figures.
"Hey son." Mitch said coming inside
"Hey dad!" Jason hugging his dad.
"You ready to play some football?" Mitch asked
"Yes I'm ready." Jason answered
"Alright get on some socks and shoes and we'll meet in the backyard." Mitch said
"Okay." Jason said. Mitch left the room for Jason to change clothes.
Mitch went to his bedroom to change clothes as well. Joanne came up to the bedroom. Mitch was looking in the closet for some shorts. Joanne laid down on the bed.
"How was Jason today?" Mitch asked
"He was good." Joanne answered. "He was in his room playing with his toys until you walked in." Mitch got finished getting dressed. The phone was ringing downstairs. Joanne went downstairs to go answer it.
Jason went downstairs as well. He sat the dining room chair waiting for his dad to come downstairs. Joanne got to the phone just in time.
"Hello Street residence." Joanne said
"Hey Joanne, it's me Buddy Garrity." He said
"Hey Buddy how are you?" Joanne asked
"Good, how about yourself?" Buddy asked
"I'm great." "We just moved and we're doing pretty good."
"You moved already?" Buddy asked unknowingly
"Yeah, we moved two days ago." Joanne answered.
"That's great." "I was calling to see me and my family can check it out?" Buddy asked
"Yeah sure." Joanne said. "We're at 1564 Pinehurst Drive." Joanne answered
"Is there any landmark you can give me?" Buddy Garrity asked
"We're right across the street from an elementary school." Joanne answered "I'm not sure what the name of it is though." Joanne said. Mitch was coming downstairs to go outside with Jason. He stopped to find out who Joanne was talking to.
"It's okay I'll call when I get closer." Buddy said.
"Okay see you soon." Joanne said. She hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Mitch asked putting on his hat.
"That was Buddy." Joanne answered. "Him and the family we're on their way over to see our house."
"Oh okay good." Mitch says. "Let me know when he arrives."
"You ready son?" Mitch asks Jason
"Yep I'm ready." Jason answers as he races outside to the backyard. Mitch follows Jason outside. Mitch grabs the three tires from the van. He carries them all to the backyard. Jason waits patiently as he tosses the football up in the air and catches it himself. After 15 minutes Mitch finishes hanging the tires.
"Okay son, this is important." Mitch said. "What position do you want to play?"
"I want to play quarterback like Troy Aikman." Jason said. Mitch laughed. He didn't think Jason knew about Troy Aikman.
"Okay, well let's see what you got son." Mitch said as he backed up to give him some distance between him and Jason when he throws the ball.
"Alright throw the ball." Mitch said
Jason began to imitate what he saw Troy Aikman do on t.v. He bended his knees as if we're under center.
"Down-set-hike!" Jason shouted he dropped back three steps and threw the ball as Mitch had to jump to catch the ball. Mitch stopped and stared at Jason. Mitch was in shock but didn't know what to do. How did Jason learn to throw the ball like that.
"Good throw son." Mitch said.
"Thanks." Jason replied.
"Let's try that again." Mitch said
Jason again began to imitate the Troy Aikman q.b. stance as seen on t.v.
"Down-set-hike!" Jason shouted as dropped back 3 steps and threw a nice neat sparrow to Mitch who caught the ball. Mitch was impressed.
"Son where do you learn how to throw it like that?" Mitch asked
"I saw it on t.v. whenever I would watch Troy Aikman play." Jason answered
"Hmm." Mitch said. "You know what I want to try something else." Mitch proposed. "I want you to do what you did earlier and I want you to throw the ball in between the tires."
"Are they my receivers?" Jason asked
"Yep!" "That's it son, these are your receivers." Mitch said liking that idea.
"Okay." Jason said.
"Jason, I'm going to push the last tire, that receiver is running a route you still have to throw it the ball in between the tire." "Can you do that?" Mitch asked.
"I think I can." Jason answered.
Jason got in his q.b. stance and dropped throwing the ball through the first tire. He did his stance and zipped the ball through the second tire.
"Okay this is the receiver Michael Irving running his route." Mitch trying to help Jason's imagination. Mitch pushed the tire as it began to swing left to right in stride. Jason knew that this was his test. He got in his q.b. stance and dropped back he began to count in his mind the tires left to right stride he then fired the ball through the tire without the ball hitting the tire. Mitch paused and stared at Jason. Mitch had to get Jason involved in football immediately. He was sold.
"Jason!" Mitch called out as he waved for Jason to come over to him.
"Yes dad?" Jason asked
"How long have you been able to do that?" Mitch asked.
"I don't know maybe about two weeks ago." Jason answered. Mitch smiled down at his son.
"Wow, I'm really impressed." "I'm going to see if I can get you playing football."
"Really?" Jason asked excited. Mitch got on his knees to look Jason in the eye.
"Yes, but you have to keep this a secret from your mother." Mitch said.
"Okay." Jason whispered. Mitch smiled.
"Before we go inside, can you do the last tire for me one more time?" Mitch asked
"Yeah sure." Jason said. Mitch jogged over to the tires. Unbeknownst to both Mitch and Jason, Joanne was coming to the back to tell Mitch that the Garrity family has arrived.
"Okay Michael Irvin is going for the touchdown with 6 seconds left, and you're down by 5." Jason gets in his q.b. stance. Joanne sees this but doesn't say anything.
"Down-set-hike!" Jason shouts he drops back 3 steps, Mitch pushes the tire as it swings from left to right. Jason counts in his head as he times the swing from left to right, he throws the ball as hard he can as it fires through the tire as the ball shoots through perfectly as it doesn't touch the tire. Joanne is taken back a lot as she witnessed Jason's arm.
"That was a good thrown son." Joanne said. Jason quickly turned around to see his mom standing there with a smile on her face.
"How long we're you standing there?" Mitch asked.
"Long enough to see him drop back and throw." Joanne answered. "Come on the Garrity's are here." Mitch began to walk toward the front of the house.
"Come on son, we'll finish later on." Mitch said. As they both went to see the Garrity's. Buddy was driving a second generation Blue Ford Explorer. He pulled up in the parking space behind Mitch's van. There was 4 of them. Buddy Sr. Pam, Lyla their six year old daughter and the newest member to the family Buddy Garrity Jr. The Garrity family were pretty well to do. Buddy is a fellow Dillon Panther along with Mitch. He was an offensive lineman and also went to the University of Texas. Pam with there as well and that's where they met and the rest is history.
"Hey welcome to our new home." Joanne said proudly.
"Man this is one nice house." Buddy said.
"That's why I bought before you did." Mitch said jokingly walking up behind Buddy who didn't see him
"Hey Mitch!" Buddy said shaking his hand and hugging his good h.s. pal. Jason was standing next to his dad.
"What's going on Buddy?" Mitch asked
"It's coming along." Buddy answered.
"Speaking of coming along I have to show you something, before you leave." Mitch said
"Yeah sure not a problem." Buddy replied.
Pam got out on the other side as she helped Lyla get out on the Explorer. Buddy Sr. got Buddy Jr. out of his car seat.
"Hey Pam how are you?" Joanne spoke as they both hugged each other. Standing next to Pam was Lyla Garrity who is shy. She locked eyes with Jason who has locked her with her as well.
"I'm great." "How are ya'll?" Pam asked both Mitch and Joanne.
"We're doing pretty good." Joanne answered.
"Good." Pam answered. Lyla was hiding behind her mom.
"And is this Lyla Garrity hiding behind you?" Joanne said.
"Yeah this is my princess, I don't know why she's being shy." Pam replied.
"Would you like some cookies?" Joanne asked Lyla. Lyla somewhat nodded being modest. "Is it okay if she has some cookies Pam?"
"Yeah sure." Pam answered.
"Come on let me give you all the grand tour." Mitch said. As they all went inside to see the house. Mitch showed the Garrity's the upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms. And the living/dining room. Both families we're in the living room sitting down talking.
"How much did you all pay for it?" Buddy asked
"Our realtor, Susan was able to get the price down from seventy-five thousand to sixty-nine thousand." Mitch answered.
"Wow that's not bad at all." Pam said.
"Hopefully this is it." Joanne said. "We don't want to do anymore moving for a while."
"Yeah the way times are headed I think this is a good fit for you." Buddy said.
"Did you all want anything to drink?" Joanne asked
"Water is fine for me." Pam answered.
"I'm fine." Buddy answered. Joanne left the room to go get the water.
"How's the dry cleaning business coming?" Mitch asked Buddy
"It's going well, but I'm looking to go higher." Buddy answered
"What do you mean?" Mitch asked Joanne brings Pam some water in a glass.
"I'm looking to sell the dry cleaning business and look into real estate and possibly owning a car dealership in the future." Buddy answered
"Wow Buddy, that's great, I hope it works out for you." Mitch said
"Thanks me too." Buddy said.
"Are you and Pam still on the booster club as well?" Mitch asked
"Yep we're still in the booster club for Dillon." Buddy answered
"You and Joanne should join us." Pam suggested.
"I would like to but the Flower Shop is enough within it's self." "I'll definitely consider the booster club when Jason gets older since he's showing interest in football.
"Really?" Buddy asked
"Yes I need to show you this now because it's important." Mitch getting up from his chair. Buddy got up as well. Joanne didn't want Jason out all day.
"Jason!" Mitch shouted
"Mitch do you have to do this now? Joanne asked.
"Yeah, I just want to show Buddy, what you saw earlier." Mitch answered. Joanne sighed
"Okay." She said giving in. Jason came downstairs.
"Yes dad." Jason said.
"Get your football." Mitch said. Jason smiled and quickly ran in the room grabbing the football. Mitch and Buddy went outside. Mitch began to tell Buddy what happened earlier.
"I didn't even believe it, because he never showed an interest in football, though he's a fan of it." Mitch said.
"What position does he like to play?" Buddy asked
"Quarterback." Mitch answered. Jason came to the backyard to where Mitch and Buddy Sr. were.
"I'm ready dad." Jason said
"I'm ready son." "Okay just like earlier, you know what you're doing right?" Mitch asked
"Yeah I got it." Jason answered. "Can I be Troy Aikman again like last time?" Jason asked
"Yeah do whatever Troy Aikman does." Mitch answered. Buddy smiled as he watched from the side.
Jason got down in his q.b. stance.
"Down-set-hike!" Jason shouts as he drops back 3 steps and throws the ball with good accuracy through the tire. Buddy nods in approval. Mitch tosses the football back to Jason who catches it.
"Not bad." He says.
Down-set-hike!" Jason calls out as he drops back 3 steps throwing all his might as it goes through the tire with no hesitation.
"Good job son, let's do it again." Mitch says
Buddy takes his shades off. Taking what Mitch said earlier about Jason serious. This kid definitely has potential.
"Alright last one son, remember Michael Irvin the receiver he's running a route and there's 6 seconds left." Mitch said
"Okay." Jason replied.
"Down-set-hike!" Jason shouts out. Mitch pushes the tire as it swings from left to right. Jason drops back 3 steps he begins to count timing the tire from left to right. He then fires the football through the tire as it shoots through with dead accuracy. Buddy is floored. A seven year old is throwing passes as if he's twelve.
"What do you think?" Mitch asked
"WOW!" Buddy says impressed. He begins to clap. Jason is modest and shy as well. "Mitch you have to get this kid in football immediately." Buddy insists.
"Yeah but for who?" Mitch asks. "I don't know any coaches."
"What are you doing tomorrow?" Buddy asked
"I have to close tomorrow at the shop." Mitch answered.
"What time are you going in? Buddy asked
"Around 6." Mitch answered
"Okay perfect." Buddy said. "There's a friend of mine name Eric Taylor who coaches a local park Freeway park the Wolverines." "If you come out there I'll take care of the rest."
"What time should I come?" Mitch asked
"Meet me there at five and I'll introduce you to him." Buddy said.
"I might have to talk it over with Joanne first." Mitch replied.
"Okay that's fine." Buddy said. Jason comes over to where his dad and Buddy are.
"Dad how did I do?" Jason asked
"You did an awesome job." Mitch answered
"Who's your favorite football team?" Buddy asked Jason.
"The Dallas Cowboys." Jason answered
"We got a winner." Buddy said smiling
"Son go ahead and finishing throwing the ball so I can talk to Mr. Garrity." Mitch said.
"Yes sir." Jason replied
"Hey Jason." Buddy called out. Jason turned around
"Yes sir." He replied.
"How would you like to play football for the wolverines?" Buddy asked sparking Jason's interest.
"I would like that." Jason answered
"Alright son." Buddy replied. Jason went on to throwing the ball between the tires as he was instructed.
Mitch and Buddy walk toward the front of the house.
"What do you think?" Mitch asked Buddy
"The truth is you have the next Troy Aikman in your backyard." Buddy answered. "There's not too many seven year old kids that I've seen who can throw a football like that." "Whether it be football or baseball you have to invest in your children." "We're doing it with Lyla, she's going to be cheerleading at Freeway park as well." "I really think you should consider letting him play."
"I'm sold already, but let me talk it over with Joanne first and I'll call you later on tonight." Mitch assured.
"Alright that's fine. They go back inside while Jason stays outside and throws the football in between the tires. The two ladies are inside talking as well.
"Are you going to put Lyla in gymnastics?" Joanne asked
"I haven't made up my mind yet because she tells me she wants to dance so I'll see what happens." Pam answered. Both Mitch and Buddy come inside. It's 1:36 pm now. Joanne looks to see Mitch and Buddy coming in.
"Where's Jason?" Joanne asked
"He's outside." Mitch answered.
"Can you bring him in, I don't want him out there alone and he can play with Lyla inside." Joanne said.
"Yeah sure." Mitch said. As he went to go get Jason who was in the backyard. "Jason, come on inside." Mitch said. Jason began to run coming to toward the front of the house. Mitch could only smile as he watched Jason run inside. Jason ran upstairs to his room to see a girl in there playing with his toys. He paused looking weirdly at the girl. She locked eyes with him and smiled.
"Hi." She spoke.
"Hi." "What are you doing?" He asked
"I'm just playing with the toys." She answered in a slight defensive tone
"Oh okay." He answered "What are you playing?"
"We'll I'm building a castle." She answered
"Why are you building a castle when you can make a regular house." Jason said
"Because princess live in castle's and I'm going to live in a castle one day." She replied
"That's only in fairy tales." Jason said
"Yeah and?" She said.
"Fairytales aren't real." Jason said
"Yeah they are." She replied
"If they're real what's the name of your castle?" Jason asked
"I don't know yet." "The Princess hasn't thought of one yet." She said
"What princess?" Jason asked wondering who this princess was.
"Me, Princess Lyla." She answered Jason laughed
"You can't be a princess." "Princesses are rich." Jason said.
"I'll be rich one day watch." Lyla said.
"Good luck finding your prince." Jason teased. Joanne came upstairs to get Lyla. It was time for her to go.
"Hey Lyla your parents are ready to leave." Joanne said. "Would you like some more cookies before you leave?" Mrs. Street asked
"Yes ma'am." Lyla answered as she got up from the floor walking over to Mrs. Street
"But mom there's not a lot of cookies left." Jason complained
"It's okay Jason we can always buy more ." Mrs. Street replied. Lyla stuck her tongue out at Jason as Joanne took Lyla by the hand and led her downstairs to where her parents were. Jason put the toys away that Lyla was playing with back in his toy box. Jason looked at the clock on his wall it was 2:04 p.m. He went downstairs to get a snack he got a bag of chips Doritos. Joanne and Mitch walked the Garrity's out to their car. Jason stares out the window through the curtain as he sees Lyla in the car. He can't help but smile why did she stick her tongue out at him? Was that a sign for Jason.
Joanne and Mitch come back in the house.
"Mom can I have a sandwich?" Jason asks somewhat hungry.
"Yeah sure honey." She answers.
Jason goes in the kitchen to get the bread and make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Hey Joan, I need to talk to you upstairs." Mitch said as he went upstairs. Joanne went upstairs to see Mitch leaning on the dresser tapping his foot.
"Are you okay?" Joanne asked concerned. Mitch quickly closed the door so that Jason would hear the conversation.
"What's wrong?" Joanne asked
"Okay I just need you to hear me out." Mitch began. "I showed Buddy what Jason could do with the football and he was impressed." "He has a friend who coaches football for Freeway park and he thinks that Jason should play." Mitch said.
"Mitch you know how I feel about this." Joanne said.
"Joanne let's give it a try, you saw what he can do." Mitch replied
"I know but you won't be at the games." Joanne said.
"Yes I will because I'll take Saturday's off." Mitch replied
"So you're willing to cut back and not work Saturday's for Jason's games?" Joanne asked
"Yes I will." Mitch answered. "In fact I'm going to help coach just to keep you satisfied." Joanne paused and starred at Mitch.
"Come on, Joanne we'll have more time to spend as a family." Mitch pointed out.
Joanne sighs giving in. "Fine he can play."
"Yes!" Mitch says
"But I want you at all his games no exceptions." Joanne said
"Deal." Mitch said as he moved past Joanne to go share the good news with his son. Mitch went downstairs to tell Jason what happened. Joanne was upstairs in the room.
YES! Joanne heard the excitement from downstairs. Jason ran upstairs and hugged his mom
"Thanks mom you're the best." Jason said as he hugged her. She hugged him back. Mitch smiled as he stood in the doorway watching the mother/son moment.