He would take ACT and SAT again in the fall and hopefully improve his score. Danny knew that Tyler Westbrook would bankroll his education, but he neve...theless aimed at achieving the best possible grades and scores.Danny continued to keep outside the cliques in the senior class. He helped people when asked, but for the most part he was happy if he was left alone. Some people still ran their mouth on Danny and he thought it best to ignore them.Two weeks after the start of school, the social order. I looked up at her and nodded still not sure if I was in a dream. Then I heard her say loudly Tori, look up at me or Im going to take you to the doctor. I forced my eyes to open and slowly tried to sit up. Youre in deep trouble young lady and have some explaining to do. I tried to think and Im not sure what all happened but I think I remembered Scott helping me into my room at home. Im sorry, I said to my mother. Go get into the shower, she told me and then added, then well have some lunch and. Beau was running a little low on money, so that was welcome news.Beau went through all of the steps and claimed his bounty. Damn, it would be nice to collect that kind of reward every week or so! The next day, Beau was regaling some men in a saloon with his luck the previous day, and one of the men suggested that Beau become a bounty hunter. "God knows, we need somebody with a little sand in his craw ta take on the riff-raff that has shown up since the War ended!"Beau was intrigued by the idea. These were the first ones to go on the tree.We would string popcorn for garlands on the tree. We started this the first year that Angie was with me and continued doing it. Even as a teenager, I would never think of not participating in our Christmas ritual.Angie and I would have Christmas dinner with my grandparents. Gramps and Gram loved Angie almost as much as I did. She was family. They would buy her presents. She would sit at the dinner table with us. They treated her as my parents.