My girlfriend, who just dumped my ass, acts like you oughta be up for Brother of the Century. And then there's the band practices. Evie talks about yo... like you're the freakin' Pope. And Inez thinks that she's Juliet, and you're Romeo."That remark caused Paul and Dennis to again laugh out loud, this time directing it at me. I just shrugged in response, and voiced the same phrase that had passed through my mind earlier. "People say the damnedest things when they're drunk, don't they?"But that. “How much farther – where are they?”“Not far, couple hundred yards, maybe. Damn it!” His exasperation with the weak signal was apparent.I told him, “Keep it, try to get a better signal – run to the trailhead if you need to, it’s higher and closer to the highway. If you get through, stay there and meet them, bring them back here. The charcoal Ford pickup is mine, just leave the phone in the back.”He took off down the trail, one eye on the signal strength as he ran, while Julia and I hurried up. Getting back to my story though, my dad signed me in at the boarding school and left me at admission to fend for myself as he had to return to work.I was very nervous as I had never lived away from home before in my entire 16 years of existence! Well it did not take long for the older boys to line all of us Grade eights (newbies) up and choose their “slaves”. A well-built bloke who was already sporting a beard in Grade 12 chose me as his personal “skivvy”. He led to his dormitory and told me to. ”“Not really, she bought what she liked at the time, and it went into the wardrobe or a drawer, when we were going out I just helped her select items that went together from what was available.Chapter SevenThe Awakening Jenny re-enters and comes to sit next to me, she is grinning from ear to ear.“What’s happened? Did Chrissie have some good news?”“You could say that, Dave, No, David tried to force his way into my flat just after midday, Chrissie called the police. They were there very, very.