I promise."I reached out and placed my hand on her arm. "You are my best friend. Iwould never do, or say, anything to deliberately hurt you."She studi...d my face for a moment, then nodded. "Okay. Let's just call it abrain fart on your part and forget it."I smiled. "One brain fart, duly noted."When we stepped out into the hall, she started to walk away without somuch as a goodbye. Then she turned around, walked over, and gave me a one-armed hug."Sorry I got mad at you," she whispered into my ear.. . about Janie being sick back in March?"Janie was her four-year-old daughter, born out of wedlock when Janice's boyfriend packed up and disappeared after making her pregnant. Several times since then, I had helped Janice out financially when she was in a bind. I remembered her telling me about Janie having to be hospitalized but she didn't tell me much and after a few days, she told me that Janie was healthy again."Yes, I remember." Well, the hospital stay and the doctors' bills came to over. Thank you so much for the warning call. Come over here, I want you to meet my new family."She led him to where I and the rest on my ladies were standing. "Jimmy, this is my new husband, Michael, and my sister wives, Rachel and Cathleen. Loves, this is Jimmy - my neighbor who called to warn me about the thugs. He is also the one who got my cherry."Jimmy gaped, turned bright red, and looked at his feet. To his further astonishment, he was enfolded in a group hug by me and my ladies.The two. "If they go back to prison I did," I said, trying to remain as humble as I could. "Look, what happened happened. I don't want to make a big deal out of it. I did it to protect Mo and the rest of the girls." You put the Baxter brothers in the hospital, all three of them. You should have put them in the morgue," someone yelled.I felt myself blushing. Jackie started dragging me away from the crowd. I was grateful she did. We managed to get to our first class, but not with out being stopped by.