He was sitting with some friends near thefront of the school, doing what guys usually did, watch girls. As Iapproached all eyes were on me, and they w...ren't eyes of fear, they werejust the opposite. Boys never seemed to amaze me when pretty girl walksin their direction, what they were thinking was so obvious.I approached Kurt, smiled and said, "I'd like a word."Kurt's smile faded. It wasn't very often Amanda Flowers approached a boy,smiled and then says, 'I want a word'. The force of those. She wouldretire to her bed with only her maiden servant Andrea to attendto her. Of course the king agreed right away and ordered themaiden to take special care of his daughter.Together princess Mira and her maiden left the dinner hall andwalked up to the chambers of the princess. Mira could hardlycontain her excitement any longer and wanted nothing more thanrun but Andrea would not let her. Again and again was she heldback by the maiden. It was unseemly for the princess to be seenrunning. Even though the video showed him purposely stomp on my knee, he claimed that he just lost his balance. He gave an insincere apology, and they let him off with a warning.After the hearing, he came up to where I stood with Coach and my NCAA rep. Then he stuck out his hand. I shook it, out of reflex, but he wouldn’t let go as he spoke. “Hey man. I’m sorry I stepped on you by accident. You know it was an accident, right? I don’t want there to be no misunderstanding, you know?”In answer, I squeezed. That would help my cover soshould that time come that I might be checked; whoever wasdoing the checking would find the obvious.I was stepping into a world that hid in plain sight, shenoted, as we pulled into a mall's parking lot. When I askedwhat that meant she smiled and said: "You'll see." CHAPTER THREE"Hair, nails and face!" Rose said to the woman that stoodbehind the counter of the beauty salon. There were looksfrom her and a few others, and I'd been warned about them.I said I knew those.