Quickly, he got up, ran upstairs, and took a shower. He threw on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and ran downstairs.Michael kissed Julie good-bye and go... in his car.He spent most of the drive into work reflecting on the past 36 hours and what purpose his life was to have, now that he discovered just what he was. Could he become a real-life Superman and try to fight crime – is that what his destiny was eventually to become?He quickly dispelled the thought, not long after forming it, and pulled. What will everyone say at school when theyseen me this age?I walked out of the bathroom and Mum was standing there. I could seethat the ring on her finger was glowing a lot."I see that you tried to cut your hair. When will you ever do as yourtold? The only thing that Isabella told you to was not to cut your hair,and as soon as you got home, you had to cut your hair. You don't seeCody coming home and cutting his hair do you. No he does what Isabellasaid. Now look at you. You look like a little. The current and breeze were carrying me south through the night, the dark outline of land to my east, the gentle sound of surf giving me a restful sleep. The next few days I rigged a canvas, and put an oar in the water by the stern to keep my direction. I had a vague idea of encountering a vessel of some description, even a Spanish ship would be better than perishing.On the fourth night of my solitude, a hoard of vast shark fins, some twenty feet tall, terrorized me, rising and plunging on all. I wanted to tell them it wasn'twhat they thought - I still hated black guys just as much as they did, ifnot more - but it would have been more dangerous opening that box ofmadness instead of just accepting the shunning. Jackson Lyons, on theother hand, hadn't frightened me quite as much as I expected when hepassed by me in the canteen - but then I'd been expecting him to be asout for my blood as he had been for Trevor's. I'd still been on edge ashe walked past, cronies in tow - but instead of.