Then, our chat started in text messages ( WhatsApp was not available ) those days. We spoke about our family, everything. We use to chat till 1 in the...night daily. She asked me do you have a girlfriend(love) I said no ( frankly I didn’t have one ) I asked her, she said I don’t have too.I was very happy that I have a chance to make my dreams accomplished. I thought she is close to me now. Why shouldn’t I take a step forwards to pursue my dreams? I said her that she is very beautiful and cute. No. The next summer Mom and I played again every day. I got my ears piercedand just generally enjoyed it more than I had the first year when I didit to mainly humor Mom. It was all coming to an end, though. Summer waswinding down, school was coming, I wasn't particularly enthusiastic abouta new public school, and Mom came up with a great idea. Since she wouldbe working out of the front office while we lived in the back, shesuggested she home school me and I could watch her office as. I didn't make a move. If I hadn't been drunk that night, I would still be sitting here pining away like a schoolgirl. It pisses me off that I let that opportunity go by."I tried to calm the anger that I could see rising."Even if you had said or did something," I replied. "It wouldn't have changed the underlying circumstances. We still work in the same department and I'm still your boss."Danni smiled at me again."I'm pretty marketable," she said with a grin. "I was approached discreetly about. But I run anyway, hoping my arrival isn’t too sore. It is. I don’t get to school until 9:02. I miss home room and have seconds to reach my class room before I am deemed late. I shove hard through the crowds heading to their classes and reach my locker. A huge, half-dollar dent is located near the lock. Clearly some vandalizing was done, but it hadn’t been opened, luckily. I swing the door open and gasp. It’s empty. All my books are in my backpack. And I feel light-headed again. I left my.