My mother was a junkie; she’d leave us, me and my younger sister, with total strangers for days while she was out looking to score. We’d always b... around dangerous people, always ignored. Anyway, I don’t exactly know much of the details, but her older sister somehow caught up with us and offered to help. I was ten then, and just like that we went from living in the ghetto to moving into a suburban area. Aunt Victoria sent mom to a rehabilitation resort, or so I was told, but to this day. " Kenny, it's too late for you to change your mind now. I'm due in a couple of weeks. We've applied and been accepted at KU. You can't just go changing everything at the last minute. We've already made plans."Joyce was getting herself excited. I didn't want her getting upset. In truth, the thought of us doing things with Brenda again was very appealing to me. It was all the rest of it that troubled me. I wasn't sure it was worth the danger it would pose to the relationship Joyce and I were. At the junior cheerleader. Tystared at Cricket's large firm breasts in particular, visions of fondlingthem dancing in his head. At only 5'1", EVERYBODY towered over her. Ty was like unto a giant when standing next to the reticent littlebeauty. The color of her skin, the shape of her face, and the cut of herlonger relaxed black hair marked her as a dead ringer for Toni Braxon.Make that a MUCH prettier Toni Braxton. There was the hint of auburnhighlights in Cricket's hair.THAT was Krist's. "Dad said, "I haven't heard a question so far."Dan responded, "It was a trust that established that scholarship and the trust had two trustees and both trustees live right here." That's interesting."Dan said, "Do you know who one of those trustees might be?" I might." That's what I thought." Did you properly qualify under the scholarship's rules?" Yes, Sir. That's not the point." What is the point then?" The point is that I don't want charity." I don't see what your point might be. If you had.