I next declared that we should stop seeing each other, as it would be too hard on me to get any closer to him if I had to leave. Well, back to lying a...ain.I could practically see the wheels of his mind turning at hyper speed, as he desperately tried to find some type of solution to my immigration problem. After I shot down all his other suggestions, he finally broached the subject of marriage. Of course I couldn't agree to this right away, as I had to let him convince me of the idea. After. As far as she could tell, everyone was about to enroll in the proverbial “school of hard knocks”, with or without their consent. The apparent return of the Dark Ages had a way of reshaping people’s attitudes and forcing them to grow up sooner. Childish struggles like sibling rivalry between teenagers who picked on each other were a thing of the past. She was a woman now and her brother was a man. She suspected that, with the police distracted and on the verge of disintegrating, she would learn. "With that, Mister Gantner went down the stairs. Myrna started towards the apartment door. The unexpected encounter with the white man had startled the girl, but now she remembered what she'd seen just before. She wondered what all her mother had been doing with him.Opening the apartment door, Myrna let herself in. Her mother was nowhere to be seen, but she could hear the shower running. The young teenager changed out of her school clothes and was sitting in front of the television when Gloria. It was already around seven in the evening, and I was feeling pretty light-headed from the drinks. I served the chili in the styrofoam bowls I had picked up, and we sat and ate. Glenn said it was good to get some food in his stomach and I agreed. Once we ate, Glenn got up and used the toilet to pee again and then walked back taking his pants off at the side of the bed. Glenn was now naked sitting beside me except for his white mid-calf length socks. Glenn said he was the sweat pants or gym.