The Rockies were more than visible from their motel room but weresymbolically of no good use and only served to dampen their spirits withthe promise o... an unattainable mission and an unlikely result. Despite thepromises of Ray Mack, the couple had less than 500 dollars to their name.An amount of cash that promised nothing more than their arrival in LosAngeles. A promise Ray Mack could not stand to put weight on. Ray Mack looked for a way to earn money in Denver. Not just enough moneyto get to. “Did I miss the part of the conversation in which you explained to me why I’m going to go along with this?” I asked, even though I knew I would. I have no desire to resist these two boys. I’m having too fucking much fun!He smiled and said, “You’ll go along for several reasons. You loved what we did already. You want to do more. Most importantly though, you will do it because we are telling you to.”I looked at him closely to see if he was teasing. He wasn’t.“I’ll do it because you’re telling me. We made our neighbourhood a community. Even the parents would band together, some times, to help our group.Once a fire partially damaged a home. The rest of us put up the family, until the house was rebuilt. There was never any problem about the parents and children being separated, for they knew they were close, and well cared for. We all played hockey, baseball and soccer, I became fascinated with karate as well. Usually we formed our own teams, and took on all comers.I visualized my days at. For tonight, even though we beat the Red Raiders, we would pay the price for our four years of success, and fame.The game went as hoped—with Maurice scoring 4 touchdowns, driving the crowd wild. With three other TD's we won 28-13. But, near the end of the 4th quarter, something happened that would change us all—forever. As I pass the ball—nearly 50 yards to Maurice, striking him perfectly in the numbers, and as he spins around to head for the goal line--suddenly from no-where, came a runner and.