"Be nice, Joey. She came to make peace with you. Give her a chance."They were mostly silent while Joey navigated the Beemer towards the Schuylkill Exp...essway, but then Deirdre spoke up on the issues that were important for her."Joey, I made peace with my mother."He gave her a genuine smile. "I know and it's really great. It hurt her that you wouldn't call or take her calls." Oh well, we both had our hurts, believe me. But we put them behind us and I hope we're good again. Joey, you are the. You're my girl, and I'myour man, so it's part of our arrangement. Speaking of our arrangement,next Friday when you fail to pay rent you will be given a choice ofpenalties. You will either have your ears pierced 3 times in each ear,or you will have your ears pierced once and have your belly buttonpierced. I can't decide which I like more, so you can pick for yourself.You're dismissed, I'll be in here if you need me." T-thank you sir," Nick stammered before leaving the room shakily.The rest of. *****Sir,I honestly did not expect to hear back from you, though I was hoping I would and was waiting anxiously. To be honest you wouldn't have found me even if you were looking for me. I disappeared from home shortly after that message, I went sort of MIA. I had joined the carnival and was traveling the US with them for a while and let myself go. I wanted nothing to do with anything from my past or anyone for that matter, not even family. You wonder how I found you, well I did learn a few. Of course, that is when it happened. Lady Luck decided to play her onefinal Ace. Halfway through the last jump-filled straightaway, the leadgirl lost her rhythm. I know because I was just entering thestraightaway as it happened. Could this be the chance I've been waitingfor? My mind was too frantic to think. It appeared as though her rearend clipped the top of one of the jumps. The front end of her bike gotsent into an endo (basically she was momentarily balancing on the fronttire) as she was.