"Mr. Alex?" I said to the bus driver. He looked at me."What you doing up here, Brian?" Sir, I think there is a car following us. It's got a bunch of t...ugh kids in it who have been threatening me at school. I'm worried that they might do something to Betts or Joanne." You know, they have been back there a long time. You go ahead and have a seat." I turned back to my seat and both Betts and Joanne were looking at me. I could hear the bus driver on his CB radio. "Breaker one-nine. This is Mellow. Stephanie turned and went inside. I saw her standing by the window, watching.“You shouldn’t have come here,” I said.“Why not? I’ve tried to call you at least a dozen times since January. Your little sister refuses to let me talk to you or give you a message.”“Becky, January was a mistake. I won’t repeat it.”“A mistake? I don’t think so! You and I make each other feel really good. I didn’t lie to you or deceive you. We just fucked each other silly! And I don’t want anything from you at this. You call Ava at a certain number, and she makes arrangements with her crew, and you get satisfied; they get satisfactions too, and the cost is for the cell phone bill. It all depends on how much action her crew gets each month to see if the cost goes up or down.”“You are telling me that several of the ladies, here are willing to come to my place, and we can get it on, and it’s all fun and games, and no one gets hurt, right?”“Yeah, there are some guys for the ladies too. You might qualify too.. All of the siblings knew that Luka liked her. But Arielle refused to condone it. Luka was a noble. As much as Arielle didn’t want to think about it, it was the truth. The most that Belle could be to Luka was a mistress. And Arielle wouldn’t settle for that life for her best friend. With a parting glare at Luka’s back, Arielle stomped of, reading material in hand. When they returned, she was going to wage war. Luka wasn’t going to get Belle. Not while she was around. * A week and a half.