”Steve said, “The very first day of school, Danny went to the gym to shoot baskets before classes started. He’s good.”“I can attest to that,...�� Val said. “We could go to the state championship if he’d play for the team. Even Coach Titterman said that.”“No. He’d get thrown out of school, and we’d probably have to forfeit a game.”“Why?”“That’s not important, now. You want to know how we became friends and I’m telling you how.”“Go ahead.”“Well, the coaches spread the word that they’d like him to. I like you a lot. You’re sweet and beautiful and sexy. But I’m not in love with you. You understand that, right?”She smiled and said, “I understand. I feel the same way. What we did today was fantastic. I loved it. But when it was over I needed a nice hard cock. Remember?”I smiled and caressed her cheek affectionately. I said, “I’ll tell you all about how I came to be in Cory’s clutches. But I want to hear about how you came to be here today, too. I’m dying of curiosity.”She grinned and said,. “Cynthia, you’re a big girl now and we trust you to make good decisions. Jacob, we’re trusting you with our little girl and expect the best from you and your pod.”“Yessir,” I said.Nanette and Brittany got back from Kansas on Monday.“It was so cool!” Brittany said. “She’s a real trucker. She didn’t have Monday to Wednesday off but we got to ride with her in her cab and that included sleeping in the berth at night. I might become a trucker, too.”“Wasn’t it awfully crowded in the berth?” I. ..there was, a device?It looked like a step counter, or a kitchen alarm clock? It had a tiny LCD screen and three keys on it. It might be a kind of "pager", wasn't that a thing? If it was it was ancient, maybe from the 90s! Its colour was odd though. It was simultaneously both red and blue, it looked old and cracked and yet crisp in a way. As if it had just come off the assembly line.The screen had dull blinking green light. Hiro sat and looked at it, cradled in his hands.Text started to appear.