“Good Heavens” said Emma, as they all stared at the first ever Black residents of Maple Grove.The conversation quickly turned to them expressing t...eir displeasure at having a black family moving in and not really sounding too keen on going to their party, until Alexis announced that they may well be very nice, just different than everyone was used to. “Besides” she said, holding up the invitation and tapping her finger on the R.S.V.P lettering. “We have already all accepted the invite.Lenny. ” I tell her giving her a wink of my own and letting her take from that what she will.I ground out my cigarette and take the joint off of Lara to light it, I spark the joint and take a few deep drags savouring the taste of the high quality weed and the almost instant high that accompanies the sativa dominant strain. I pass the joint to Lara and crack open another beer before offering one to Lara who quickly accepts and takes a big drink before taking another drag on the joint.As I drop the. " No..." Say it. I have to know." It's not fair."“It's not been fair for months, that's water under the bridge. It's what we do next that matters.” I resisted saying we’re even now. “Say it Carol. Whatever it is say it. I have to have the truth."She took a deep breath. "I treated you like furniture, like a sofa or a bed or something, a safe place to come home to." That's not so bad," I said.It could have been worse, right? She could have said she hated me. "People can get very attached to. But then I remembered what my best friend and the boy I wanted so badly had been doing right in front of me.My heart sank.“Here Caro,” Paul whispered.Something cool and hard touched my right arm. I reached across and took the open bottle in my hand then raised it to my lips. It was vodka.“I don’t want to get drunk,” I told him quietly, knowing it was already too late.“It’ll warm you up. You’re shivering,” he insisted. “Here!”A warm jacket was slipped around my shoulders. It smelled of my.