Latesha Friend Erin makes in a drug detox program. LaTesha was avery promising student in high school but was pulled into the world ofdrugs by her ...oyfriend and winds up spending about a year in youthdetention.Debbie Friend Erin makes attending church. She is a high schoolstudent and an unwed mother. Her mother has rejected her for engagingin unmarried sex.Ginni Friend Erin makes doing a contracting job. She works forErin's Mom and wants a career in finance.Jesse Close friend of the. According to the hospital, I still had a good 23 hours left. That gave me some satisfaction. Then came a glimmer of hope.My neighbor, Sally O'Brien came in, sobbing uncontrollably. "What's wrong?" I weakly asked."Angela's gone," she replied. Sally, in her mid-30s, had a 14-year-old daughter named Angela. She was looking forward to starting high school in the fall. "The doctors said it was a brain tumor." I consoled Sally as much as I could as the countdown went to 22 hours.A neurosurgeon barged. I get to see the look onher face when she finds out.Speaking of brunch, you should have seen the look of shock on thegirls' faces when I showed up. They could tell by how I held myselfand the smile on my face that I am with Dana. It felt so good toshare that experience with them, to share the joy of them finding outabout it working out. They started to call me Ben. I said no, I amTink to you.I also told the girls about the surprise I have for Dana. I want himto come over and hand out candy. " Silence!" Miss Artemis snaps, and the waistress shrinks before her. "Ihave given my orders, see they are carried out." Yes Miss," she says with a curtsy and the two men bow and pick me upbetween them, though it only really needs one of them, and carry me out.I can see behind me, that Miss Artemis has taken offence at the lucklesswaitress's curtsy, and the squeals of pain begin even as I'm taken throughthe door. Why do I feel sorry for her? She was going to have me.. oh itdoesn't bear thinking.