He yelled, “I’m going to kill you, you motherfucker. You’re dead.”The floor counselor and two city police assigned to the campus came into the...midst of the group watching the show. Scott hollered, “Arrest that motherfucker. He wouldn’t hold still while I beat him down. Look what he’s done to me. My nose is all out of shape and I’ve puked all over myself. Put that son of a bitch in jail. You know who I am, so you better do it.”One of the campus police officers asked me, “What started this?”“I. Sure, I said, not being as stupid as I might look, and she sat down right beside me with these legs that are about two yards long. She hooked one ankle behind the other and stuck her feet under the bench. The Cubs' locker room has a bunch of plastic chairs but it also has some rather old-fashioned benches alongside the locker spaces themselvers. She was wearing New Balance running shoes I noticed. That's not all I noticed if it's any of your business.Now there are two dozen large, smelly men. A wretchedness washed over me. I felt powerless, helpless and adrift. I was seconds from tears, but I quickly fought them back. I made a solemn vow to myself break this cycle, starting today.I walked out of the bedroom into the kitchen and was greeted with a bright smile.“I was just about ready to come in and wake you, Ma’am.”I smiled.“I told you that you don’t have to call me that unless we are in a scene.”“I know, but I couldn’t resist. I woke up feeling wonderful.”I sat down at the table and. During one water break we talked more about our interests. We were into the same music and both slagged off Kev’s taste in rock music. In fact we kind of agreed that we found Kev a bit boring and a bit big-headed. Speedy laughed when I made jokes about Kev’s taste in girls, making in quite clear in not so many words that I found girls a little odd. I asked if he was married or with anyone. Then he said he was gay but didn’t have anyone. I smiled and said how I reckoned it wouldn’t be long.