She was mortified, and embarrassed. She thought about just leaving, but it was her house, and she didn’t have anywhere else to go. She looked around... He was gone, but he was coming back. He’d said he would be right back. She had no idea what he’d do then, but she was quite sure it would embarrass her. Why had he told her not to worry and then bragged about what a great time she’d have when he got back? She didn’t understand men, or how to act around them. She wanted to cry, but she was. Being a freshman she was still getting to know the campus. She thought it might take her a half hour to find the cafeteria. After twenty minutes of searching she finally had to ask a security guard who pointed her in the right direction.When she arrived she found Billy sitting at a table against the wall with another guy. She figured he must be Jack. They both stood as she arrived and Billy introduced Jack. Jack was a soft spoken guy with short brown hair and blue eyes. Abbey could barely hear. After that, I always used to call her for the rounds.I started enjoying the occasional unintentional brushes between our body. Trust me it was all the devil inside me doing it. We became very close friends. One night after the rounds got over at midnight and everyone was sleeping by that time.The weather was windy so we decided to take a walk in the hospital garden. She suddenly asked me whether I have any girlfriend or not. I said no, looking at her suspiciously. She started complimenting me. E.C. guy?’ ‘Don’t know. Thought I’d talk to you first. My concern isn’t the money. This guy, whoever he is … John Doe or Tony Milano … he’s a good guy. I’m trying to keep him from gettin’ hurt. You know how things work, Frankie. The big boys don’t give a shit about who gets burned along the way as long as they get credit for the collar.’ ‘I wish I could say you were wrong, but …,’ the big man paused. ‘Let me see what I can find out. In the meantime, you got this guy chilled?’ ‘Hiding in plain.