.. and, hell, the list goes back to Gilda Weiss atour high school graduation party." What about you and Marty?" I never even dated your brother until ...fter I caught you with Monica.He came by to see how I was doing, and we just... hit it off. I mean,I've known him for years, but, till then, I'd never thought of him asanything more than a friend. He's a lot like you, Sam, only he's honestand loyal. And I love him. I'm sorry, but I do."Sam came over to where I was standing. He grabbed me by. "Promise me you won't ignore me like that again," she finally requested."You know I'd keep that promise right up until I got too focused on what I was doing to notice," I reminded her.She was smiling, but she sighed yet again in a tone that I knew expected an answer."Yes, I promise," I said. "I love you, dear, and I hope you know I would have stopped if you'd have said something. I wouldn't ever want to hurt you like that, and even though we just met her, I'm sure Cindy would agree."Another. The question was, how much did he know?"How do you know?" she probed."Come on, Brianna. I started hanging out with the son of a bitch in fifth grade. It's not like he doesn't brag. He's the only guy who has the influence to keep the other guys from talking about it outside his little crew, and those guys are the only ones in school that are ... persuasive enough to keep the girls quiet." So you've never actually SEEN Tyson or anybody else do ... what they do."Brianna caught the twitch in. These women, as well as others, would go down to Haiti to find lovers. The problem was, these married white women were down in this repressed Caribbean island looking for local young men, that is, local young black men. Miriam was embarrassed by the way that the white women talked and carried on with the young blacks. She wasn't prejudiced, but proper white women just didn't act like sluts around Negro men. Miriam had always liked Charlotte Rampling but the way she threw herself at the young.