I kick and struggle but it was fruitless, he was too strong. My feet dragged along the floor as with my remaining arm I tried to hit him.I was thrown ...o the floor, the grass was long and somewhat cushioned my fall, the smell in a sense relaxed me, but his dark shadow loomed over me. I crawled, I tried to scurry away but he grabbed at my hair and pulled me back."Ahhhhh!"I screamed in anguish as he pulled at my brunette locks. He knelt on one knee and pulls me so I saw his face. With tears. ’ ‘Sumter, you don’t understand. I’m a dead man. Even if I’m in jail, I’m going to die. That book is not just about drugs.’ ‘If it was that important, why did you keep it in a drawer in your house?’ ‘It was there only for a couple of days. It belongs to a friend and he asked me to keep it for him. He was tipped that a search warrant was being issued so I kept it for a few days.’ ‘Just sit quietly like you are while we wait.’ He stared straight ahead for at least a minute, obviously in deep. Um..."I left the thought uncompleted, hoping he would see where I had beenheaded. There was a long moment of silence, suspended seconds ofpalpable stress. Karma's pretty face went from unreadable to soft andshe got a mischievous glint in her eyes."Maybe a misbehaving sissy like you should be made to undo what she did adifferent way. Without tissues or a washcloth. What do you think thatwould be instead, Didi?"She wasn't going to come right out and say it. Probably she wanted tomake me. I just hope he'll talk to me this time." I think he will," said Patty reassuringly. "I've been talking to him, and I think he'll listen to you." I hope you're right," Collette said. She looked pensively at Patty before continuing."You know... this is just about the first time that Bobby... well, has acted his age with me. Usually I don't even think about it. Mostly, he acts older than me. That's one of the reasons we get along so well. He knows he acts too serious a lot, and I know I don't act.