"Why don't you take the rest of the food down to your friends." I could see her trembling. I helped her grab one of the plates and I'd got an old T-sh...rt for Tara to wear.Emily moved with infinite slowness down the stairs. I knew she didn't want her friends to see her like this. I still couldn't believe my luck, 5 gorgeous young teenagers had fallen into my lap.The girls were huddled in the corner of the kennel, wrapped in the blanket."Meal time." I opened the door for Emily to go inside.. " A pause while Julia did that. "There are no more. This is the final comparison."Donna yelled out, "What about mine? I guessed 300, and I want Mark to do my homework for the rest of the year."During the laughter, I thought to myself that Donna was doing very well today. I should find some way to reward her, and I knew that wouldn't be hard (both meanings apply). Thinking the word "reward" also reminded me that Lily was sitting next to me for her reward, and I realized that I should personally. She's a nigra for sure." My mother. Lord, she was fairer than I am, and I am whiter than you are."'We are not talking about color, Melissa. We are talking about blood. You are part African, a mulatto. We really do not have a term for your pedigree. Your grandmother, Patricia wasn't it, was one-fourth black, a quadroon is the word; your dear mother an eighth and you are one-sixteenth, but that is enough. It would be enough if you were only one-sixty-fourth. You will be sold with your father's. Two days later I called my friend Riley who owned the club that Beth, Lance and I had went to the previous New Year’s Eve. I called him up and left word for him to return my call. He did the next day and we caught up quickly. I explained to him I had met Jennifer and what a great girl she was. He asked me to bring her down to the club, so he could meet her. I informed him, I was thinking of just that and asked him if Raine still worked there. He laughed, and told me, she was the absolute best,.