Ya know what Dad would say about that.”“Now I’m starting to get the picture,” Cal sighed. “You want me to be the co-signer.”“Yeah—righ...!” Edwin grinned. He turned to Roxie, who hadn’t said a word. “I told you it wouldn’t be no trouble. We’ll just...”“Cal,” Roxie interrupted, “I know this is askin’ a lot but I don’t know who else I could ask. That old car is bleedin’ me to death.”“I would have thought you might ask Stan at the diner. You and he seem pretty close.”Cal glanced at Junior, who had a. With the abuse she had gone through it was a wonder she was still in her right mind. I still hadn't met her daughter, but I would be almost willing to bet she was as hard as her mom was. I wondered how Kit and Danny were doing. I hadn't heard from them since he had moved him here for his physical therapy.I saw Sandra open the next to the last bay, and then she and Jimmy were laughing and clapping their hands at whatever was inside. With these two I didn't know if I wanted to see what was inside. She claimed my ratios were just over the ‘hot’ line, and that most guys would rather do me than a skinny moviestar. Anyway I’m 5’2, brunette, and young, and I date whenever I want. I’m rape bait, and I had dangled myself without a damn thought. Suddenly there were dark empty class- room buildings between me and the lighted road, and my short cut had gone sour. He held up his switchblade; the same narrow blond clean-shaven face the other girls had described grinned. He answered he was strongly considering it. He had sold his house in Houston and was looking into housing here in Detroit. Housing was slightly cheaper here, but the availability was more of an issue. Housing near Dearborn is higher-priced and more expensive. Also, many realtors wouldn’t show homes in that area to blacks. I am having real difficulty coming to grips with this development. I never worried about where I could live before, as long as I could afford the rent or mortgage payment. I.