" She let out a sharp laugh. "They spenttheir whole lives doubting and discouraging me, but I worked my ass offand I showed them. That's what keeps me...going. I'll show up anybody whotells me I can't. And that includes myself. Fuck doubt."We laughed.I glanced away to stare back out the window. My family. I hadn't evenconsidered them. What little family I had was distant. No one reallycared. Did Miki have family? Was I someone's daughter right now? Iwondered how they'd feel about this hell I was. The junior division instructor. "We want you to be able to find the right line underwater if you have to." Muscle memory," he called it. It all boiled down to repetitive behavior.It Was boring.We had drop-outs.We had Chicago fathers with more money than sense who bought Snipes, Stars or Lightnings for their precious Timmy, Holly or Billy dropouts.And just like a few of the newly licensed auto drivers dies because they didn't understand physics, Pentwater Lake had a drowning or two because the. "Don't do it, please? Don't do it." I already did it," Mr. Reiser said softly. He hugged me as we stood there. "I had my lawyer file the papers today. He's slaveborn. He's just a house nigger, that's all. He isn't like you, Dani. Nobody is." You're going to love him." I shook my head, wiping my face on his t-shirt."I'm not going to love him," he said, chuckling. "Fuck him, yeah, but you're the one I love. Believe that." Sarah's master got a new slave and now she sleeps on the floor." What?" Mr.. Ten minutes before nine I was standing in front of the large gate, but Iwaited until nine o'clock sharp before ringing the bell. Immediately Iheard the barking of the Burns' huge Rottweiler Bruno, as he was runningtowards the gate. I was slightly afraid of that dog, but he certainlyknew me by now.And then I heard Melissa's melodic voice, "Come now Bruno, don't bark atour new maid, its MG, remember him, he is going to do lots of thingsaround the house".She let me in and after an initial hug.