by the time mary jo finished , there was a pile of used tissues on the table . `` we could find some if you wanted , '' hickory said . `` about two years-maybe a little more . '' then , little by little , it loosened . he turned me by the hook in the phallus until i was facing the bath . she pulled it back on the bow and aimed , concentrating a bit harder on hitting the same tree in the middle of its trunk . you remember i went to see mary , the medium . 