EPISODE 4: INTO THE LUSH HANDS OF FAITH.

***TANNER***

"Sir!"

The little boy's voice dragged me back to reality. I stared at him and gave him a tight smile. "Yes, dear boy?"

"You seem really lost just now like Mama. Mama will stare at space too as if she is thinking of someone sometimes. Little Jay knows that." He spoke revealingly.

"Who is little Jay?" I asked even though I have a pretty good idea who it would be.

"That's me, of course, sir!"

I laughed, unable to stop myself. "Well, little Jay, we can't just stay here and wait for your Mama. It's the middle of the road and it's cold out here."

"Let's go to your car." He suggested automatically.

"Car? I'm a stranger, Little Jay. You don't follow strangers to their cars or their homes."

"You are not a stranger, because true strangers won't say that!" He said sagely.

I chuckled out loud at his sage words. "Maybe." I conceded, "But I'm still a man you don't know."