Courtney was so happy she asked, “Is there anything I can do for you as thanks?”Ramiro nodded but said, “Senora Cortney, there is but I cannot a...k you to do it.”Intrigued and concerned, my warmhearted wife pressed the issue. “What is it Ramiro. You can tell me. I am your special friend.”Very shyly the big man explained, “You know I was out of work for a while. I am working again but I cannot make enough money to repay the nice people who loaned me money to survive on.”Courtney was still. Trina phoned her, one evening."Wanted to apologize for what I said to you," she said quietly. "I... didn't mean it." Yes. You did," Laura said calmly."At the time, maybe. I been thinking. I know she cared about you. She wouldn't of done it otherwise." Thank you." Laura was cold. She couldn't let herself be any other way."Look, maybe we could get together again. Just to talk, you know?"Laura felt a sharp throbbing pain in the pit of her stomach. I don't think I can take another rejection from. I scanned the room for Ariel, making sure she was still ok and noticed someone watching me from the bar. His warm smile made my skin shiver as I got up to go dance with Courtney. Three songs full of hip shaking and booty grinding later, I felt a pair of hands lightly pull my hips back to dance. Turning around, I was shocked to see the same guy from the bar standing behind me. I turned to glance at Courtney, Dawn and Joseph who were merely feet away. They all had approving smiles on their faces. The whole school was assembled and the girl was marched up onto the stage. The Head Mistress in her full academicals, an awesome sight, told us of the terrible events which had taken place outside the school gates, the previous afternoon. The victim, luckily had escaped permanent scarring and her parents had most generously declined to insist that the police were involved providing that the girl who had attacked their daughter was severely thrashed.The girl stood there, white faced, between two.