I've kind of worked for the company for a while now, but on a very limited basis. I hope to be able to work full time in the summers and part time dur...ng the school year." Wow, I never would have taken you for a high school student. You sounded more mature than that. Wait a minute, you said summers. How old are you, if I may be so bold to ask?" I just turned sixteen in January, why?" Sixteen, you must be some kind of genius, or something." Yeah, I'm the 'or something.' I'm smart, but no genius.. It was the early 90’s and even the state parks were rundown and sad.The only work I could find was at Snookie’s, a local pizza place with restaurants in two neighboring towns about 20 miles apart. That’s where I met Angelica, better known as Angie, who was 19, and her sister Erika, a 17-year-old tomboy who had dropped out of high school at 16 and moved in with her sister. They shared a small two-bedroom trailer in the boonies.Angie and I both wanted to get our E.M.T. license. I was a Corpsman. As much as I remained attentive to her, it did not seem likeenough. On Friday night, she became very angry with me. "Denny, I think youare getting lazy. Look at the smudge on this coffee table. I can tell you onething. If this house is not clean by tomorrow afternoon, you will be in bigtrouble, and I think you know what that means. I am tired, I am going to bed,and I think you had better get busy. I do not want to hear a lot of commotionin the house either. I am tired. Wake me at 8"30 in the. Riku held my hand and almost dragged me right through the main room to the far end where there was an open kitchen area with a large stove like I'd seen in some restaurants, but this one was wood fired and gave out a great deal of heat. Even with the doors open at each side of the hall and ceiling fans running it was very hot. Two women stood at the stove cooking and Riku handed them the meat. Unlike other women, they didn't wear an open topped blouse and instead covered their breasts and front.