With only a hand gesture, I motioned for her to go back to the civilian side of my desk."When's your mom coming home?"She shrugged and slide down into...the arm chair, her long dark hair tossed back over her shoulders. "I never know. If she gets drunk, I might not see her till tomorrow." Shouldn't you be at home?" I tried one final time.Her face looked suddenly sad and hopeful at the same instance, now apologetic for bugging the crap out of me but afraid to stop."She never got the electricity. “Archie is here. Might as well get a ride from him.”“That’s just plain laziness,” said his father, cleaning the grill. “And look at all those dishes you still have. You’re not getting outta here that easily.”“I’ll do it tomorrow before the lunch rush, okay Dad?”“You just a lazy fool,” said Laney, holding in her laughter.“Mind your own business,” said Reggie to his kid sister.Laney relished that her father grilled Reggie for clues as to where he was going and whom he was seeing.Reggie wouldn’t. You could even face the possibility of death if you went with us. I love you too much to see you face such a future," Neona said with tears in her eyes.No matter how insistent Amanda was the answer remained the same. Finally Neona boarded the air car to join her two companions and they went up to the AC above. Crying Amanda waved and then fled into Babuta's quarters where she was staying. There she cried and hours later succumbed to sleep. When she awoke after a fitful sleep it was the day of. Sarah nodded towards him. "Incoming. Let's see who he picks, I bet he'sscouted out Jess," she whispered to the other two."Unlikely." Jess said it herself. The guy was not that tall but he hadthe confidence as he got closer and closer to Sarah. "Hey girl, want todance with me?" Jessica did NOT like how this guy looked and talked, andof course that means Sarah was going to drop everything and hop alongwith him to God knows where"I might if you can keep up, boy," Sarah said with a wide grin,.