You don't have to do anything more." I look away and bite my lips, scooting farther up the desk. He grabs my hips then and pushes me up on the desk so...that I am sitting on it. "So? What's your decision?" he asks, his breath hitting my face. I shake my head and he clucks his tongue. "All your hard work will be for nothing, Jane. The promotion will be given to someone else, someone who isn't as worthy as you," he says condescendingly. I stare at him, anger boiling in my blood. "It's just going to. Everyone except me was drinking. Although, Jacob shared a few drinks with me now and then when the "adults" went inside. Well, the night was cooling off a bit and I wasn't wanting to go back into the water and then freeze my ass off. Jacob had the same thought, I think ,because we just sat by the edge of the pool and dangled our feet in the water. Jacob got up to go get ANOTHER beer and I sat there waiting for him to get back.. I hate being only 19 sometimes.He came back over and sat down again. " Good old Gary! Heart's in the right place after all.And in all this, we still had to catch up with Jake. The Hanfords had been here, now were headed to the hospital to watch over Renee and Laurel, but Jake was, as far as anyone knew, still unaware of what had happened. His dad had said, "We left a note asking him to call us if he came home, but were careful not to say anything that would alarm him." He turned to his wife, "But do you remember if he said he was going somewhere else before. . I don't know. It was an accident and I've already said I was sorry.' 'That's not good enough! Who's your master?' Before he could answer there was suddenly a break in the crowd gathered and Lythia pranced onto the scene, an annoyed look in her eyes as she spotted Richard standing there with no tea in hand. Ignoring the girls currently harassing him she walked directly up to him and stared him down. 'How long does it take to get a simple pot of tea?' she demanded and all Richard could do was.