”Promptly at 4:00, Mike entered the gym and made his way to the main event ring. Jeff had been right, the crowd was huge; there wasn’t a seat to b... had and people were standing three or four deep wherever they could. By the time he climbed into the ring he could hear the chant being raised by the guys in the crowd. Mike. Mike. Mike.Mike raised a fist in the air acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. For Mike, this was, on a smaller scale, what he had aspired to when he had wanted to turn pro.. A Few moments after the plane got airborne Michael reached under his steel helmet and he removed a small pocket sized photo Album that contained some family pictures. He looked through the small picture album a few times then he put it back inside his steel helmet for safe keeping.When the Plane was near the drop zone the Jumpmaster told Michael to stand up and hookup the static line of his Main Parachute. Michael stood up and then hooked the static line of his main parachute.Then he did an. Alice hugged her back and asked “What are you doing here hun? Are you getting a job somewhere?” Alice got a horrified expression on her face “Ryan didn’t kick you out did he?”It was a common occurrence for a man to kick out his wife. After being kicked out, one of the few jobs left for women was to serve as meat. Most restaurants had their own meat girls. You could pick a girl and order straight off the woman and have it cooked any way you wanted. Marie had heard that in the city some new. Princess and Prentiss, Part 1By Leslie LoweMy father was buried on my eighteenth birthday. When we returned from thefuneral, my stepmother, who made me call her Mommie, said my birthdaypresent would be an end to my privileged life. I asked her what she meantand why.Standing in the kitchen of our large home, Mommie explained, "Your fatherwas a cruel, controlling bastard. He abused and deprived my poor Gretchenwhile giving you everything you wanted." How can you say those horrible things?" I.