’ ‘Yes Taylor, fans aren’t friends, and I believe you know better now…choose your friends better,’ Jenny replied. ‘I know what you girls ...re trying to do, and I’m asking you nicely, please leave things alone.’ ‘You can be so fucking mule headed sometimes Taylor, just grow up,’ Laura said angrily. ‘I said no, and that’s final.’ With that, he got up, and walked the few feet to where his crutches stood against the wall. He grabbed them, and made his way out of the room, leaving two stunned. "My sincere apologies, madam," he said, tipping his hat and then giving the end of his mustache a rakish flick. She harumphed again and looked away.He tugged at his coat, but it failed to release him. An idea occurred to him-- if he could raise her, slightly, the rest of him would probably slide by. It was a dreadful impertinence to touch her, but scarcely worse than the alternative, which was to be stuck with her all the way to Schmertzylvania. What the hell, he thought, and he grabbed her. I hung up without leaving a message. She answered my third attempt two hours later."Marlene, it's Debra Oakman," I said."Hi, Debra. I did it! I'm going to college!" she said."Congratulations," I said. "I'm calling because your step-father reneged on our agreement." I figured," Marlene said with a sigh. "It wasn't discussed openly, but his sudden turnaround regarding paying my college tuition was so unusual that I suspected he had ulterior motives. What did he do?"I told her about the civil. This further pissed off the lad, because he felt this incident had completely proven his point, yet still they refused to listen.It took over a week before Billy was pain free from the beating, and another two for the welts and redness to completely subside. During that time Billy's anger grew exponentially, until the desire for revenge became so strong that it overshadowed all of the teaching of forgiveness that had once been instilled within him. Had Principal Horton offered a sincere apology.