When we pulled up in front of the store he removed my suitcase from the trunk of the cab and offered to carry it inside. "That's all right I can manag... it myself." I said as I extracted the cab fare money from my purse and handed it to him. I handed him twotwenty dollars bills for a $24.00 dollar fare and told him to keep it. My eagerness to enter the book store obviously got in the way of mygood judgement.....a $16.00 tip?........really.I picked up my suitcase and pushed open the door to the. She had a faraway look on her face and had not noticed him sitting on the side of the room, going over his service for Sunday. Derek was young, for a minister anyway. He was an ex-militant and drug abuser. In early years of life he had not only slept around a lot, he had started to abuse drugs. Admittedly he started sleeping around at 15, whereas the drug issue only began at 21. Both however stopped promptly at age 23, when he almost died of an overdose after he cheated on his girl-friend with. Her voice was steadier than she would have ever imagined and knew, then, she was making the right (and last, free) decision. She accepted the decision completely.The contents of the Contract as she spoke them aloud before the customers in the post office continued to cement how deeply she wished to become a slave to James. She remained curious as to how her life would proceed from this point on and began to read faster, her voice full of emotion as each condition brought her closer to the. "Anne smiled and touched his cheek. "Don't worry, dear, you're just gonna talk, ok?" Yeah, ok, whatever," he said and flinched away.Linda smirked. He was no different from any other teenage boy she knew.Anne put something in his hand."You take these, and just do as Mrs. Murphy asks," she said, with a glance back at Linda. "I have to run to the store to get some things for dinner. You'll be all right, won't you?" Sure Mom," Ethan said.Anne kissed his cheek and went out, but the look in her eye.