" I think you need counseling, Laura. You are a sex addict. You're out of control." Takes one to know one," Laura taunted.Kendra rolled her eyes at th... ceiling. "It was a bad day for you when that deaf old lady upstairs died," she said. "She couldn't hear you screeching like a sick cat down here day in and day out. You gotta start visiting these sisters over at their own apartments, girl. Make their neighbors envious, not yours." Are you envious?"Kendra winked. "Damn right I am." She reached. "Carrie!" Jacob says angrily."I said I'm sorry. Oh! I gotta go."I left them with the sticky mess. I didn't even offer to help.I didn't go dancing. I went to the movies, got a coffee that I drank there, and returned home."Carrie, you're back early." So who is winning?" I ask and walk toward the table."Well, it's kind of...I stumble. No, I "stumble"I fall forward onto the table and I swipe my arm out as if trying to catch my fall sending cards and money flying. I sweep my arms several times to. After I sat back down and Mrs. Acres had gone over my sentence and told me where I went wrong Julie wrote me a note in her notebook. "Sorry, you OK", I nodded.She wrote again, "Did I do that to you?".I nodded again. She smiled at me and said, "I am glad to know you like me so much!" I just gave her a big smile. As we walked out of class Julie asked me to come over to her neighbors house with her for a party on Friday. I told her I would love to. She hugged me and gave me a kiss, my first, and. "The next thing I knew, the almost skeletal arm of Alan had me by thethroat, and was dragging me closer to the gem.The gem said, "Say yes, now. Or I will take you anyway, and use you tomake those you care for suffer."And in the gem, I saw a vision of myself doing just that - torturing myteammates with the gem's power while my mind and soul watchedhelplessly.I was about to break, to take the gem, when suddenly, the hand on mythroat fell to the floor, severed at the wrist."Not today, Mordred,".