Deirdre had driven each of them individually since that trip and tried to be friendly but discreet as she had ferried them to appointments and groups ...n the evenings as youth workers had tried to offer an alternative to the streets. Darius lived with an alcoholic father who had beaten him and Darius' mother. She was shocked by the poverty of their housing and by the attitude of his father.She had longed to see these 3 in swimming gear again; it had been a recurring fantasy as had the. Kimon nodded as he also bowed his head. “He died with great honor, doing what he felt was the right thing to do. It was an honor to briefly know him.”Derrick nodded as he started in with what he could of the coming challenge.It was three days later when Shelby finished the Delcron ritual book. Derrick had been through almost all of it surprising Shelby, being able to read it far faster than she thought he could.Derrick had explained everything that he could to Kimon, the man only nodding to. That night after my bath momtaught me how to set my hair and this was how I was to maintain it fromnow on. The next morning she got me up early so I could learn how to takethe rollers out of my hair and brush it into my new style. When we gotdone I put on my yellow dress to go the church for Sunday services.Mom started letting me polish my nail and was instructing me on theproper maintains of them. We would go everywhere together and I wasenjoying the new bond we shared.The rest of school that. I said that I shore did an' he told me 'bout this." How'd he know to talk ta ya?" I don't know. I guess somebody told him 'bout me needin' a job." OK, Juanita is a real good doctor. She'll look after yer legs. It's gonna hurt, so don't give her a hard time, or it'll hurt even more! Juanita, see what ya kin do fer this man, ifen ya please."I beckoned to Jane and we went outside. "Now that I've got a better description, I'm goin' back ta Johnson ta see ifen I kin find the galoot what is causin'.