‘Well enjoy your date, dad.’ I said as I went upstairs. It was just me and my dad at home, ever since my mom died in a car accident when I was fiv... years old. Ever since then my dad had gone into survival mode. He’d sold the house for a smaller, cheaper one. He’d starting working longer hours to earn the extra income to make sure that we had enough money for, well, everything. It was only recently that Sandra had come along to remind him of what he’d been missing in that time, and hadn’t even. I have real estate agents and everything. Also getting everything together for the new place. There should be a nice fat commission for both agents.“I secured you a place on the Board of Directors of Contreras Limited, by the way, and acquired some stock for you now that we’ve gone public. It’s best for everyone involved, I think. That way, Ray doesn’t have to worry about passing on the firm or anything like that. Community property has its uses, I would say. Half of the stock being sold is. Someone flicked some paper balls at Mary. Luke caught the second one and flicked it back into the sender’s eye. Top shot. They fell backwards with the shock. Which caused a ruckus in the room. Another teacher walked into the room asking “Who was last to leave the last class.” No one answered. Luke grabbed Mary hand holding it down.The first teacher asked “Why?”“They have just found two sports boys laid out on the floor, they are being taken to hospital now. We are just wondering if anyone saw. ’ ‘For the longest time all I did was sit in my room and cry. Then I began to think about who I really was as a person.’ ‘I realized I had been a selfish and spoiled brat all my life, getting everything I ever wanted, without regard to anything or anyone. It finally dawned on me just how screwed up I really was.’ ‘Your daddy had been willing to sacrifice his life for me . . . for me. What had I ever willingly sacrificed for anyone? In a word . . . NOTHING . . . not one gosh darn thing!’ ‘It.