" It's the truth! Where are you headed now?" I don't know for sure. I have a lot to think over and I need to relax.Mel has me up a tree so much, I can...t think clearly with her wagging herfanny in my direction at every turn. I'd like to stop for a beer or twomaybe at one of my favorite haunts on the way back to my digs to think.Why do you ask?" I don't know. I'm sort of run down, myself. Maybe I should join you fora brew or two after my day is done here. Let me know where I can joinyou."I told. I knew lots of kids that reallyhad mean parents, worse maybe, and I know about kids getting beaten andtied up and all that and she wasn't that, until the last fall, but I alsoknow that I was always afraid of her, even when she was nice, because Ididn't know, ever, what it was that made her so mad.The only time she ever got mad at you was going ballistic for you notgoing to that lacrosse scholarship thing, not even when you took the carafter midnight, or back when you threw toilet paper in that. ‘The night’s young. Me not so much. But it’s still way too early to have either of you whisked away. Here…’ He flips out his wallet and hands his debit card to Clara. ‘Go use your sexy wiles and get us a quick round of drinks. What you’ve both been having. Mine’s a Scotch – whatever kind. No ice, no nothing. Just Scotch. And don’t do a runner with the card.’‘You’re a teacher. How far am I likely to get using this?’ Clara grins.‘Oi, cheeky, go or you can buy your own drink.’‘Yes, Sir!’She trips. “She means Hannah, Autumn, Xia Delan, Kylie Anne, Kelly Rae, Stacy, and Eve, of course. Aka Blonde Ambition, Ginger Snap, Miss China, Twin One, Twin Two, Wrestling Diva, and Demon Queen. Those are kinda their nicknames and they’re well aware of them. None of them seem to mind at all. In fact, they want to use those as radio handles from here on out,” Tara laughed at that part.“Is that so?” I asked Hannah, who blushed and nodded.“Yes. Don’t you like them? I do. I doubt that I’d actually win a.