.” I heard Candace say, and at the same moment Evelyn’s blue eyes were looking into mine as she was propelled towards me by Janice.It may sound fu...ny but I’ve always thought of myself as small. My elder brother is two years older and two inches taller, so I grew up being smaller. It’s only since he left home that I’ve started to feel that six foot is big enough for most purposes, and I suppose it’s with that insecurity that I’ve worked in the gym to maximise my physique and bulk up to ninety. "Nope," I said, "Fuck the Olympics!"That should have been that really, they all fucked off to Portugal and that and then suddenly part way through the London Olympics there was a copper busting our door down, "Oi Johnno!" Pc Tony Mulholland who was a mate of mine, yelled."Fuck off," I said."Fucking Olympic team needs you!" he said, "Some dopy twat forgot to take your name off the list and you're out number three Marathon entry."Fuck off!" I said, "It's four in the morning, I only had two hours. . sit there and be a good girl, okay?" Okay Mommy," she nodded.I'd picked her up from preschool and then changed my mind halfway home. I didn't want to be there and I'd been trying hard to avoid a trip to Gary's house, but I couldn't help it. I'd been out of coke since Wednesday. That gram had only lasted three days and now it was Friday. I couldn't wait until Monday. After taking three pills the day before, I'd just popped my second of the day working up my courage to ring Gary's doorbell. I. While I was inspecting her collection of girl's pretend makeup, plasticjewelry, and stuffed animals, Alicia was in the process of changing outof her princess party dress and back into her normal, everyday clothes."Why are you changing, that thing not comfy or something?" I innocentlyasked. Alicia simply told me that "Yes, it's hard to run in and besides,it's itchy." I just shrugged my shoulders and said, "Ok, if you say so."I guess that statement sounded like a challenge and something that.