He had grown up hard in and around the coal mines. He knew no fear it seemed, but he was also smart.He waited till the giant went to the bathroom afte... having several beers in a local beer joint. Then while giant had his hands full so to speak, my friend walked up and stuck a pistol in the back of his neck. The giant zipped up then put his hands behind his back where my friend cuffed them. I asked my friend why he had done such a cowardly thing. He said, "Okay it wasn't the John Wayne thing to. "She's me."I had been bracing myself for laughter, but all I heard was silence. Afew seconds later, a small hand rested on top of mine. "Daddy, you ain'tteasing, are you?"Instead of amusement, I saw a searching gaze when I opened my eyes. Tooshocked for words, all I could do was shake my head.Not a muscle moved in Angie's face, but the sadness in her eyes justabout broke my heart. "Does that mean you ain't my daddy?"I pulled the brave little girl into my lap just as I felt a hot tearsliding. And Laura so clearly wanted to fuck the girl, she knew it had to show.She smiled, giggling nervously. "I... I'm sorry if I stared at you," she apologized. "You're really... I don't know, gorgeous."Brandi smiled easily. She wasn't pretentious. "I'm used to it," she said. "Some people, especially women, think I'm a freak. Others... well, you know."She looked hard into Laura's eyes. She knows, Laura thought."I... I think your body is... fantastic," Laura stammered, swallowing, feeling sweat bead. But otherwise she's been surviving on fucking macaroni and cheese."I was on a roll now. I'd seen the mac and cheese boxes before one of our workouts, and it hadn't taken me long to figure out what they meant."So last spring, when your tuition payments were due, she came to me. And I loaned her twenty thousand dollars so my best friend and his assholier-than-thou sister, who could never even remember my name, didn't have to spend this semester working in a Seven-Eleven to earn enough money to go.