Sensitive readers should go elsewhere if they are easily offended.First, let me say that Maddie is a dear friend of mine. We have been together for a ...hile now. When she learned that I write stories, she offered a tale that I just had trouble passing up.Yes, I know Maddie was taken advantage of. But she asked me to put all of it in this story about her life. So before the self-righteous hypocrites out there jump all over me, just remember that this account was entirely her idea. Was it. Pat made a diagram of Darnel’s expansion plan. The Aztexs and the Vudus wiping out the Black Kings in days was like a 500 pound bomb dropped on Darnel’s fragile apple cart.He went mad and paranoid, stole close to $3 million in coke from the gang, and started a vendetta. Darnel was convinced was a “Magnum Force”-type opposition group within law enforcement was targeted on him with exotic surveillance equipment and satellites. Why else would the first overt act of his new regime, after over a. To deny that, is to deny our humanity. It’s our response to those kind of stimuli which matters. Our ability to respond in ways other than rutting like animals is the very definition of what it means to be human.”“Hang on!” Michelle objected. “You just said that controlling your urges is the definition of what it means to be human, and you are the LAST person I’d say was controlling their urges!”“Indeed. And what you just described is the very definition of sin - «ἁμαρτία» or ‘missing the. "Matt! Goodness, how much you've grown since I last saw you!" I exclaimed, hardly believing the transformation. Gone was the gawky awkwardness to be replaced with a very handsome young man. There was certainly no awkward moment as we greeted each other and I was pleased that this was going to turn out better than expected. I could hardly take my eyes off him; not only had he grown up but he had a confidence about him that made me stand to attention.We got in my car and drove back along the.