”“Why haven’t you kissed me since you’ve been here?”“Because if I do, I don’t think I would be able to stop at a kiss. It would start a ...ire we wouldn’t be able to put out.”“Good! You know that’s what I want,” she said with a smile.“I know, but we need to talk about us before we take that step.”“Are you sure you can’t kiss me?”“Not tonight, OK? Let’s wait until we talk.”“OK,” she said softly. “If that’s what you need.”We hugged, and she kissed my cheek and we went to bed. My dreams were of that. "What?" I asked."Sh, she knows. Miss Hammond knows your Momma put the lock in mypiercings. Did you tell her? Please I don't want your Momma getting intotrouble," she said."Laura, Kitten are you here?" asked Momma as she opened the guidancecounselors office door.Laura rushed into her arms, "She knows. Miss Hammond knows and Myraknows." Shhh little Kitten, Miss Hammond called me to come and get you. shesaid you might need a ride home." But, how did she know?" That my little kitten is locked up. ..shouldn’t you be at..erm..school?’My daughter just looked at me and began to stand. She walked over to me and outside to the hall way. I was busted now, she could see I was enjoying what I was watching. ‘How long were you standing there daddy?’ She said with a devilish smile looking at my tent in my trousers.‘Erm...not long’ I lied.‘If I caused that in such little time, then I wonder what would happen if you had been there any longer’ she giggled and then leaned in to kiss me. Except this. The phones in the pawn shops in Jersey City had been too expensive because they had a sideline business of convincing customers to sign up for dubious carriers for a pricy month by month fee. Brendan wondered how anyone could be so gullible, but kept the thought to himself as the guy behind the counter casually flashed his gang tattoo on the inside of his forearm, just above his wrist. The show convinced Brendan to cut the conversation short and walk out quickly lest he really annoy the.