You don't want to stay here and be Mr. Chalmers wife?" He never asked me to be his wife, Kenny. Not that I would want to be anyway. People like him do...'t marry people like me. People like me don't want to be stuck marrying someone like him either. Bunny can be fun, more fun than I would have guessed, but not as much fun as I'm looking for. If he wants to come out for a visit sometime, I'll treat him good, but that's all it will ever be between the two of us." I'm sure he really likes you, Bea.. Damn, someone should have warned me about the local booze. My head was all fucked up, and I wasn’t very steady either this morning.“You Sergeant William Baker?” a voice boomed from the doorway behind me, and it set my head to buzzing again.I turned and looked up to see the biggest black man that I had seen in a long time. He must have been at least 6’-6” tall, and was built like a tank. He probably weighed 265 pounds at least. Plus it wasn’t just that he was big, he had a presence about him,. Don’t you think you should exercise a little bit of discipline and forethought when it comes to your money and your businesses as well? I’m not talking about taking the fun out of life at all, I’m just talking about having fun and being smart about it at the same time.”How do you say no to a girl making serious puppy-dog eyes at you, especially when you realize both that it’s important to her, and that she’s right?“Why include Brook?” I asked.“Because she’s a bad influence on you. I don’t mean. " I told her."No you don't need to do that, really. I know what it was like being young and making mistakes. Let's just forget this little incident happened and leave it at that. There's no reason for us to tell Jessica about it."I was shocked at her response. "Thank you Taylor I appreciate it. She would kill me if she had found out." I told her."Well we can't have that!" She said as she got up and started walking towards me. She put her hand on my shoulder and said, "You know, that wasn't very.