"Monica and I had tipped off the coaches that something might be happening with Jack. It wasn't an accident that we chose the entry to the gym where t...ere were video cameras, put there in the years following Columbine. Most kids hadn't noticed the cameras, and those who did notice, like Monica and me, didn't care. We liked being watched and liked the idea that maybe the school staff got off on playing the tapes. Not that any school staff member would do something like that, of course."It's OK,. I also uncovered a bunch ofstuff to tell the guys.And I had a shock at five.Tommy did not look like Tommy to me. Oh, the black eye was nearly gone,but there was a swelling along his cheek, and when he reached forsomething his t-shirt sleeve slid up and I saw his upper arm was blackand blue. We'd seen stuff like that over the years and it made Craig andI really crazy and sad at the same time. Helpless, too. We learned to askonce how he was doing and then shut up about it. So I asked but knew. I cast an appraising glance at the crucifix hanging on the wall by the door, assessing its power. I know instantly that the cheap oak has never felt the touch of holy water, that the cracked and varnished plastic form of Jesus in His suffering has never had those secret, powerful words muttered over it, that it is a mere decoration and not a talisman with any power against me. I laugh and my laughter tumbles and turns, transforming into my hands, sending the crucifix flying off the wall to. So close to seeing it, and then she always fixes her shirt to cover.Out of the corner of her eye, Nozomi notices Darren checking her out. An idea pops in her head to make tonight a little fun for them both. The next time her shirt rides up on her booty, she lets it go. She doesn’t even fix it. About half of her booty is visible to Darren. He chooses his moments to look with caution, nervous he will get caught peeking. He figured she doesn’t know her shirt has ridden up so high. At this point,.