" he said clearly."How much." mom asked."How much you got?" A few hundred here." That won't do. I need more.Somewhere close to 10000" he said with fin...lity. That was more than what mom had."If I go the bank I can get you 5000 baby." mom said almost pleading with him."I said 10000, you fucking bitch!" Clayton yelled at mom and grabbed her hair. He then threw her down on the floor "fucking dumb bitch"Mom sobbed and then mumbled something about selling the car.By late afternoon Clayton had left.. She failed, and spilled the clear liquid all down her front and on the bare legs of the other girl. The crowd cheered when the two girls kissed, a pretty involved kiss that surprised Shay.Shay had been open with other kids about her relationship with Mia. Neither girl really cared what people thought. However, they were still discreet in public. Sure they held hands and hugged and even gave each other little pecks on the lips, but that was all. These girls were making out, and the crowd loved. Accepting it was a “test” AND a first date. I had spent the evening in the pleasant company of a beautiful strong wahine, danced to loud music in the lounge, smoked trees, and lit the rarely used fireplace. By those measurements, I’d count this date a success.With work also being a common factor between us tomorrow, I didn’t want to come off pushy or appear to be preying on ‘a younger’ colleague. HR would have a field day with that one. I thanked her straight away via Snapchat, not realizing. By age twenty, a full company of the army's best heeded his orders. Indeed, the only cloud hanging over his army career took the form of his elder brother Barrad.Barrad Dain: the black sheep of the Dain family. A year older, he had always been bigger, taller, stronger - smarter even - than his brother; yet Illian had always been better. The playful sparring of their youth had become only more heated with age. They challenged and chided each other into more and more foolish and dangerous stunts,.