Lamont promised not to beat up Erick if he helped him stay academically eligible to play sports.However, Lamont never ceased telling tales about Erick...and publicly mocking and deriding the k**.Erick’s feelings were hurt, but he hid his disdain. Erick realized that he was attracted to men during this time. He never acted on any of his desires for fear that Lamont would capitalize on them and expose him to his parents.When graduation came, Erick believed he was finally free. He had accepted a. Sharon thought hewas hailing a cab, but then a black limousine pulled up.The driver got out and immediately loaded the packages in the trunk,while Sharon, Jocelyn and the gentleman, who introduced himself asLionel, took seats inside."This is so nice of you," Jocelyn said. "Thank you so much." It is my pleasure to be able to assist such lovely ladies asyourselves," he said. When Jocelyn gave him the address, he noted thatGramercy Park was one of his favorite spots in the city."Do you avail. Anytime I was going over to Stan's and Janey wanted to tag along, Mom now backed her up, 'cause it was her friend too. At his house or my house, we'd be doing our stuff while our sisters did their stuff, but then they'd always wind up hanging around us.We were at their house, with their parents gone, when Cathy decided and insisted we play "Spin the Bottle". It was kind of senseless, and involved a lot of do-overs. I wasn't going to kiss my own sister, and I certainly wasn't going to kiss Stan.. “What was that?” The school guard asked.“Nothing,” I said softly, “She was just saying hey to her older brother.”She laughed.I couldn’t hear the conversation of the little dispersing crowd above the hubbub of the promo sell gang, but its importance was evident. Presently, the security guard shrugged, his mouth forming a disgust, and departed.As we stood there. Nobody said anything to each other. I didn’t know what to say. I remembered my first year in the college how I prayed hard to God’s.