BILL CADY Word Count: 149,227 - At My Friend's Place

Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 243
housekeeping. Their little boy, explained away by Kim much the way as I was born, as a
premature, seven month birth, was named William. Kim just said that name made it feel
special to her, and he thought that was fine.
Billy is their only child.
I used to go see him a few times every year, bringing him gifts like a baseball
glove, a football, things like that. I was an old friend of Mommy‟s from college and we
liked to keep in touch. Her husband even welcomed me, never mentioning the fact Billy
looks an awful lot like Mom‟s college friend.
Nancy, my second wife and the mother of my first children, disapproved. She
argued so much, I finally stopped going to see Billy. Still, whether you know it or not,
Billy, Daddy loves you, boy. He really does.
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I met Carolyn Ramsey when I was working at Ford‟s Standard station, an Amoco
gas station owned by Bill Ford. She drove a green VW and bought gas at our place. As
is usual with me, I was flirtatious when I first waited on her, and she liked the idea a great
deal.
I find it hard now to imagine how I could‟ve impressed anyone at that point in my
life. I worked about sixty hours per week at Bill‟s place, both as the night mechanic and
on the drive during the day. We had two islands with two pumps on each. I was so good,
I could service eight cars at once, including cleaning the windshield on each car, as well
as checking the oil, water and air filter.
The only guy I ever saw faster than me was Al Heksem. I think Al could‟ve done
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