John was to be the captain of one team and a boy named BillAndrews was the captain of the other. They each had a turn inchoosing other players for the...r team. As a boy in school, I wasalways the last one chosen. Today, John chose me first for histeam... A new experience for me. The game was fun and we alllaughed a lot. It was not at all like it was when I played gamesin school as a boy. No one made fun of the mistakes I made. Iheard things like, "Tough luck, Samantha" and "Good try, girl".. Sie bezahlt beide Kaffees und wartet auf ihre Kollegin.Die Atmosphäre hier, ist alles andere als einladend. Verena möchte so schnell wie möglich hier verschwinden. Von Minute zu Minute wird sie unruhiger.Die Tür geht auf, was sie aus ihren Gedanken wirft. Schon fast mechanisch schaut sie, wer in die Bar gekommen ist.Ein Mann um die 50, etwa einen Kopf größer als Verena. Er zieht seine Winterjacke aus und hängt sie an den Hacken am Eingang.Er ist muskulös, hat eine Glatze und seine. "It's been several hundred years since I had a crab BBQ. You have 30 seconds to dissuade me from grilling you!!"The crab was equal to the challenge though. "I know how to reintroduce suffering into their lives", he quickly said, "and what's more they'll thank you for it!"The Boss was intrigued. He indeed knew that his grey monotonous hell was essentially self defeating but had been unable to find a work around that kept headcount (of HIS staff) to a minimum & suffering (of HIS clientele) at an. It hurt a lot and as soon as they came they both pulled out leaving us totally frustrated. I guess there wasn't any love because they never dated us again. We felt so used and gave up on boys after that." You haven't dated since then?" We haven't even kissed any boys since then. It's been over a year." That's a long time to go without any affection. How about your foster parents?" They took care of us after our parents were killed in an accident. They provided for us but we only got occasional.