But I still wanted to compete in track, that spring and summer. (Many people aren't aware of it, but a 'name' track star can make as much money as a t...p-level NFL star. Hanna and I were near enough to the top to be talking serious money.) Hanna and I had an agent who handled our 'amateur' track appearances. We'd made sure, and double-sure, that we conformed to all the AAU and NCAA rules. We didn't want to jeopardize our amateur standing in either track or football.The phone call was. I am dressed as I am to reinforce that plan.”John knew that the time had come for this event, but wanted her widowed mother to be present, representing the late Chief Mongo.“When can your mother be here? Bertha needs to be present, you will agree.”“I have sent a message to her, inviting her to arrive ‘at her earliest convenience’. I have learned that is diplomatic speak used by Chiefs for ‘come now, and don’t delay’, so she should be here tomorrow or the next day.“Fine. Can I have a kiss to. “Well you need to hurry up,” I say as the bus moves over into the left lane.Brittany finally starts peeing, when a group of about six bikers some with women on the back comes up from behind and starts to pass us on the right side and they see Brittany’s ass hanging out of the window. I hear them scream, “Menace” as they are whistling and giving the thumbs up sign. Brittany hears them and starts screaming as everyone on the bus are in tears laughing. The bus driver is laughing so hard he has. .. s-sometimes from Victor ... I-I guess I knew all along. Somehow I knew. But this is just beyond ... I c-can't..."Cassie's eyes dart with frantic urgency, searching for anything that could help, not just in her own mind but in her surroundings as well. She looks into the void again and shudders. If Stephanie could open her cage, would she plunge into an unending abyss? Has she been so separated from the rest of her mind that there was no hope of reuniting with it?Finally, her eyes fall on the.