Then she had passed out again. The envelope! It had to have answers, at least some answers. But now she didn’t dare go fetch it. There was no...light outside, and it was even colder. As it was, she shivered with the four space heaters running. All she could do was wait. The larger problem was her stomach. She hadn’t eaten in a while, and she was even thirstier than she was hungry. Food she could ignore. She prided herself on her dietary self-control. Water was different. Her throat. " I couldn't believe whatI was hearing. My life was ruined and it had only been 3 days!Later that day, I heard several pairs of heels coming down the stairsand then towards my room. A lot of whispering and giggling. My dooropened and there they stood all staring and smiling at me. Theirmasks/hoods were all off and now I could see the three of them veryclearly. Bright red lipstick and lots of eye shadow gave each aforeboding look to them. I dropped to my knees in front of them. Eachgirl. He claimed that he was forced to give me a place to protect my valuables and money that I had earned. I enjoyed the loud slam the safe made when I closed it shut. I sure did not want to get my toe stuck in-between the 2 inch thick metal door. I placed the carpet over the floor hatch and got back up on my feet. I threw myself down into my bed for a nap when I noticed something was laying on the other pillow. I picked it up and I recognized the handwriting; Jessie’s: “Meet me on our hill, I will. About tonight. Amanda will be attending with Foster who is her fiancé — despite the behavior you witnessed from her. He is black. I trust you have no racial issues?" What, you mean with the Asian girl I'm chasing or my black grandmother?" I hadn't realized." Yep." I pulled out a photo of my redneck grandfather and dark black grandmother. "Got married as soon as it was legal."She nodded as if this news met with her approval. "My mother was Vietnamese so Father is very concerned about race.