The third officer was a she, and she knelt beside me and tried to get me to talk. Breathing had become almost more than I could bear. Talking was out ...f my league. Soon she realized the effort it was taking for me to remain awake, and held me until Deirdre and Evie converged on me and crowded down beside her, to comfort me until the ambulance arrived.They had no more luck getting me to talk than the officer, but they stayed right with me, kneeling in the blood and gore. Neither woman left me. Millie is my friend. And she ain't no mail order bride from back east. She's a high bred lady. Now to be honest, I'm sort of agreein' with Dusty. I think yer lyin' through yer rotten teeth, tryin' to take advantage of a pore woman who fell on some rough times, just so's you can get yer filthy dick serviced."She pressed harder and the tip of the knife disappeared through the cloth. Black gasped and half sat up, but Boots reached and shoved him back down."It's possible I'm wrong," she said,. Either way I would find out cause tonight he had invited me over for a sleepover. I arrived at his door in sport shorts, and under armor, (its a special type of shirt meant to soak up sweat). Hey, Matthew, hows it going? Thanks for coming. Said Adam Ya, dude no problem, I needed a break from school and practice. I said Yea me too. He said He brought upstairs too his game room, and introduced me to younger brother Jason, Jason was a carbon copy of Adam except no glasses and two years younger, he. They wanted toknow all the details about Chris...and as luck turns out...Elizabethsuddenly told the group that she thought she knew who the guy was! Dannygot into his role...and was going on telling them about the bus ride up.How Chris took an immediate interest in her, he sort of liked all the"oooh's and ahhhh's" he was getting from the girls. It was nice to feellike he was part of something that made his experiences "normal".He next told them about the unexpected good news about the.