”“Please, Mr. Hardown!” she screamed. “There must be something that I can do to stay on this squad! I'll do anything! Anything! You name it! J...st don't remove me from the squad! Please!”Mr. Hardown prepared to dismiss Courtney again. However, her willingness to do anything caused him to develop a crazy idea. Before he could think it through, he opened his mouth and spoke.“I'll tell you what,” he said. “I'll give you a test. If you pass, I'll let you back on the squad. If not, you're out, and. I woke up one night and found my step brother on top of me having sex with my limp asleep body. after I noticed what he was doing I tried to get him off me but he was biggier then me and I was over powered by him I knew I would never be able to stop him so I just up and laid there with tears running down my face thinking what I had done to deserve this. I started thinking about all the times I woke sore and hurting and realized that he had been having sex with me for awhile. I was doing my. It needs some alterations. I just got back from your dad’s place. Gloria is a talented seamstress.”“So, Gloria is doing the alterations?”“That’s right.” April regarded Mattie sitting in front of the television. “I hope you spent time with her on math.”“We certainly did.”“I think it was genius of you, how you got her to memorize her addition and subtraction tables.”“Yeah, I had her write them out in words instead of numerals. She’s pretty good at memorizing words. Then I used flashcards to train. He looked good. He was wearing jeans and a dress shirt that really made him look fit."Thanks. You always look good too," James said, smiling. "Are my pants good?" Yes. Good to go, but I don't know if you want to try them on just in case," I said, handing him his pants."That is probably a good idea. That way I won't have to hear my mom complain," he said, laughing. We both knew the bitch was going to complain no matter what."Where's the bathroom?" he asked."Down the hall to the right, sweetie,".