He opened the door of the cage and pulled me out. He removed my blindfold so I could see what Julius looked like. He was a mass of welts. I didn’t s...e any blood on the floor.“Marvin likes to bring Julius by for his weekly beating. I could do that to you if you wanted it, but I seriously doubt that you do. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes, and I think I know you well enough to know that you wouldn’t like that.” I nodded my head up and down in agreement, but Kevin mistook my meaning as. Looks can be deceiving. The sound of a `Rebel Yell' echoed through out the truck."My sincerest condolences on your accident Lt. Humming." Tom continued yelling. "That was quite an accident you had back there. You've lost a bit of blood, but your wounds aren't nearly as bad as they appear. You'll be just fine after a day or two in the hospital, getting fat of that world famous army-hospital cuisine."Joe had me lay down on the stretcher, and strapped me in."When we hit the emergency room, keep. What a pleasure these movies would give me? They became my addiction.One evening Dad rang me up to tell that he would be late and that I should not wait for him at dinner. So I had my food, watched TV and slept. During night, some familiar sounds, coming from Dad's room, woke me up. Hearing them, I thought Dad must have been watching porn himself. But, lucky as I was, I could watch a little from the small slot of curtain of the adjoining window that Dad was fucking a white girl, perhaps an. She gave me a hug that was heartfelt, not at all like the one she'd delivered at graduation, which had been exaggerated and at least partly designed to embarrass me in a friendly way."Keep in touch, okay?" I told her, my voice unsteady. I knew I'd miss her a whole lot. She had taught me so much about the power of conviction and perseverance.Finally, Patti said goodbye to Evie; I knew this was difficult for both of them. They'd been close friends since well before I'd arrived in this timeline..