Jim broke the silence and the tension when he said, "Carl, I think it's wonderful that you have chosen to take on these reclamation projects. I admire...you greatly, for being a man with such passion for people in need and for having the determination to help them. I want to be part of what you're doing. Think about us creating another trust that we both contribute to, and using it to make other people's lives better. There's no hurry. We'll discuss it after you're had time to digest what I'm. The administration (minus the superintendent, who had chosen not to bethere) got Mrs. Cummings message loud and clear. When the viceprincipal left to escort Danielle to her first class, one senior boyknown to be a homophobic bigot made the comment in a voice just loudenough to be heard. The next thing he knew he was in the officereceiving a three day suspension for his trouble. After a few moreincidents of that nature, the word got around. She was protected, and aworld of trouble would. " Billy sounded like he admired what my father had done to him. "I wasn't really knocked out you know, not all the way at least. I'm not saying I could have fought back or anything, just that he didn't knock me out cold. I knew it when he lifted me up and put me over his shoulder." Billy ground out his cigarette in the ashtray by his bed and got up and used the bathroom himself. When he got back to his room ten minutes later he was shaved and his hair was combed. He started to dress just as I. To make matters worse, my husband got a hernia so he was off on the sick because his employer could not find any work for him that did not involve moving and carrying heavy stuff.Now I even started to argue with my daughter as she kept asking for more money, money we did not have and she would leave in tears and my tears would soon follow.On a Saturday she came round and was even more upset than before, again asking for help, obviously we could not help and told her she was old enough to sort.