Occasionally I’d stumble into a last minute date that way. I found a few laughs, but no good leads, so I headed home for dinner.Walking upstairs, I ...roze 4 steps from the top. Above me, on the landing, just about to start down, was Barb. Apparently she had a date, and was ready to leave. She rarely wore make up, she didn’t need it. Tonight Ruchi had applied just that little bit needed to transform her cutesy, Ivory Snow, girl next door face, into a highly desirable young woman’s. A touch of eye. They were heirs to their parents'businesses, as were the majority of the students of the very exclusiveschool."But what can we do?" asked Penn. "If we break the rules we'll get introuble."Alan sighed. "Listen dude, you're going to run a big company one day.You have to start manning up for yourself or else people will walk allover you." Yeah!" said Jeff. "You're going to let some woman boss you around areyou?" I don't know guys..." Penn started stammering. "Maybe we... youknow..." Come on, be a. The sudden noise as it hit the floor made her jump, but he steadied her with his hands. He leaned in close and said, ?Stay here.? Then he turned away from her, walked to the center of the store and announced, ?Closing time, ladies and gentlemen. Closing time.? Marie stood rooted to the spot, numb with shock. Good Lord, the worst possible thing had just happened. Not only had she been caught reading porn, but she’d been caught by him, the store owner, this—this. People and cars were all over to gawk at the situation.We got a sampling of what the police knew but it was hardly any because there was so many hurt. A school bus was struck by a pickup that was sliding out of control. The truck had changed lanes and hit the bus as it came around the bend. In a combination of the bus driver trying to avoid the truck, the inertia of the truck and centrifugal force, the bus hit the guardrail and headed down the embankment.The bus was full of highschool students.