It’s up to you." "Trudy, my god, what are you…" her friend started, looking like she didn’t know whether to laugh or be shocked. Trudy cut her...off, "Obviously he doesn’t comprehend any other way." She looked at me. "Anyway, he’s not much bothered by the smell, so I guess his only problem is that he looks pretty stupid with a foot in his face. Christ, I think he is actually going to stay there. Incredible." She looked back at her friend. "Well, what were we talking about?” They went back to. " I asked him, "how much more?" I was blown away when he replied he owed John, a large Black man, almost $11,000. Before I could catch my breath he told me that he was now playing a hand for double or nothing but he didn't have anything to support his hand. I asked him what he meant and I was stunned when he replied that John had told him that he would accept the bet if he put me up for collateral."What?" John will accept the bet if you agree to do anything he asks for one hour. If I win we owe. I was not, however, brave enough to look any of them in the eye as I rushed past during lunch hour.I just about dropped my whole armful of books on my toes when a hand reached out and grabbed my arm as I started climbing the stairs; it was Luke."You're Sarah, right?" I nodded mutely. "Do you know who I am?" Luke Henson," I almost whispered, afraid I'd wake myself from this dream in which the boy of my fantasies knew my name. He smiled at me, a dazzling display of expensively maintained white. All supervisors were required to attend an other meeting afterwards.It the next meeting Dan found out he would be receiving a severance package; 6 months salary, health benefits and free college education. Lucky Dan.Dan never went to college after high school; he missed the parties and the women and all the rest. But now Dan was 33, his brown hair had spots of grey and was beginning to recede on his forehead. He also had gained some weight since he was 18, and had a beer belly.As the fall.