Bill whistled and said, “Nice.”“Thanks,” said Abe. He was proud of the fact that he had been able to arrange the loan for the bike himself, al...hough Henry had co-signed for it. The past few months he had come to understand the importance of credit.“Very nice,” said Jerry as he walked around the bike. It was a basic street bike, functional but not gaudy.“Well, I wanted something basic. I figured that if I wanted to show off, I could always ride the Indian,” said Abe.Melissa looked over at Abe. Her death had pretty much spelled the end for her father, but it had taken four years of very hard drinking to do it. Her brother had gone to find work, but that was two years ago now, and she doubted if she’d ever see him again. That had left her here on her own. She’d had to sell herself sometimes for a bit of money. She hated to do it, and had wept for a week after the first time. Among her people, virginity was paramount to a groom – to everyone. Well, she doubted that a fine Gitano man. But, unfortunatly, people found out about what he was doing, andno women would go after him anymore. So, he started raping them. He would bringthem back and cage them or chain them to the bed and rape them day after dayuntil they just ended up dying of starvation. His wife divorced him, and, apartfrom the women he brought home to rape, he became very lonely. One night, hebrought home a young women in her early 20's, and toreher clothes off in order to rape her. But, before he could, she pulled. I had texted my father wishing him the best. Dad wasn’t much of a talker, and I learned years ago that a call was rather pointless. All Dad really wanted was to know I was thinking of him on his Hallmark Holiday. Danielle, however, was another matter. She was down and in the dumps from when we first woke up. It was simply another reminder that she didn’t have a real family. Or, at least that’s what she thought. Little did she know that in the hours that I was in ‘lab,’ I was busy on the.