As Ally tried to focus on her quiz, she found her mind wandering back to the professor. Then, somewhere between problems 10 and 11, it hit her. Could ...he have done something to prevent this from happening? She knew Salinger had been drinking a lot. In fact she discussed that with him the night Erica and Mandy ditched her after class. Unfortunately he didn't seem to see it as a problem. But he was so sad and lonely... Maybe if she had opened herself up to him more, he would have found life worth. “Once again, shoot!”Gertrude Melville nudged Helen. “Your turn, Kiddo.”Helen looked up at Danny and he could feel her embarrassment and resentment. This was not a call to renew their friendship.“You idiot got me pregnant!”The outrageous statement left Danny speechless as he tried to understand.“Helen! We talked about this! You were there with him!” Gertrude Melville said sharply. She looked at Danny. “Helen is still shocked. We all are. She found out two days ago, and she maintains that you are. Her juices were full of blood, the condoms had really lived up to their name; they had fucked her so brutally that they had torn the skin and caused her to bleed. No wonder she had screamed so loudly. Part of me felt sorry for her; but only a very small part.Having cleaned us both up, I picked up the gun again and untied the ropes binding my former teacher. Once she was free, she slowly pushed herself off the desk and stood up; she peeled the tape off her mouth, pulled her pants out of her. He simply looked as if he was accepting his fate. The weapon slipped easily from its cloth home and he aimed it at Brad’s forehead. A scream filled the air and he laughed. He’d not even fired a shot and already they were screaming. He watched blood splatter across the first row of supporters and he stared at his hand. He hadn’t fired. Why was there blood? Another scream and he felt the weight of a man on his chest. The gun fell from his hand slid across the floor. He hadn’t fired! He kept.