" What's it used for?" That's all he'd give us without the cash. Ten grand or nothing." Shit. It's not a lot to go on." But it puts Syntel in the fram.... They've got the money and influence to make anything happen." Have they got a private army though?" Bennett asked dubiously."They have huge contracts with the military." Are you suggesting the government is colluding to cover up something that Syntel is involved with?" What other explanation is there?" Set up a meeting with him for early next. The place had a big back yard, and somebody started a huge bonfire.Annie and I got into a huge argument. I no longer remember what we were fighting about. Probably something that seems trivial in retrospect but at that teenage time seemed apocalyptic. Whatever the cause, she stormed off to talk with some of her friends.I pouted and drank a beer for awhile, but eventually I decided to find her and see if we could patch things up. At first I couldn’t find her. But then I noticed her standing in. Adam is thinking "ok bitch your days are numbers. One day I will catch you and will nail you sexy ass to the wall."Susy goes over to Michael and says in a soft but whining voice, ?Your friend just slapped me on my ass and called me a whore. What you going to do about it? You know I dress this way for you. By the way do you like it?" She bends over show everything the shorts can’t hide and wiggles her ass in front of Michael. Michael says, ?Mmmmmmmmm. Yes baby I like. Can I touch it?" he. After that I never raised my hand again and I was careful not to show I already knew things they were struggling to learn. I wanted to fit in. Yeah, like I had a chance in Hell of that ever happening.I guess Mother's rep as the town whore was pretty much established by the time I got into school. Invites to other kid's parties just never seemed to make it to me. I sure as hell couldn't invite them to my place. Seeing Mother passed out in a pool of her own vomit just wasn't a thing I wanted to.