As one of the regulars, at 19, me and a few of my buds kinda looked out for the younger k**s, making sure nobody came in and started fuckin with them....m telling “Jamie” that I was kinda like the “ruler” of the park. He ask me “ya, how is that”?Well, as one of the oldest, and more experienced boarders, me and my buds took care of the park—and enforced the “rules”. “So you dont work for the city”? Naa, but I pull it off pretty good. Couple of cops know Im out here a lot, so they kewl with it. “So. "You know those people who stand on street corners and in public squares, on a pedestal, pretending to be statues, with a box for the public to drop some money?"We had all seen them. It seems the fad had started a few years ago. Nobody knew exactly where it had started. We weren't sure if those people were out-of-work actors, art students or just a new breed of beggars. They represented a variety of figures. Characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' were popular motifs, but there were also historical. ....!रमेश की हालत देखने लायक होती थी। शायद वो डर जाता था कि कहीं मैं सच में तो किसी से चुदवा तो नहीं रही? वो लाख छुपाना चाहे लेकिन उसके चेहरे पर साफ़ दिखाई देता था। लेकिन फिर कभी वो दूसरे मर्द के बारे में बात करने लगे तो मैं एकदम गुस्सा हो जाती थी। उसे भी समझ में नहीं आता कि यह अचानक फिर क्या हो गया? लेकिन तब उसके चेहरे के ऊपर की चिंता गायब दिखाती थी।मैं भी मन ही मन में किसी और से चुदवाने के बारे में सोचने लगी थी। कोई हट्टा-कट्टा मर्द दिखाई दे तो लगता था- काश यह मुझे मिले और मैं इसके साथ मस्त. .. this is---well it’s more than I deserve. I really appreciate it. You can’t know how worried I am about Rana.”The flight went as planned. Herb took care of his business in Kansas City and then they flew into Lincoln and landed several miles from the university, rented a car and headed to the campus.Mark raced ahead of the older Herb and opened the door to his apartment and found it empty. Empty in the sense that Rana had cleared it of her belongings; his personnel affects were still there,.