‘I can’t put you into that kind of danger. These people I’m after have already killed at least two and tried for another girl your age twice tha... I know off. I won’t be able to protect you and do this.’ She nodded and said, ‘I understand. I want you to know that I want you to come back after your done.’ ‘I can’t even promise that,’I said. ‘It depends on who’s behind all this and I don’t know that yet. I’ll find them, though, and I’ll put an end to the mess. After that we’ll see what happens. I. Kevin met Marissa at a youth party just after the new year holiday. Most of the kids from the various schools went to those events. The party was supposed to be a way for the kids from different schools to make new friends but that never really happened. The private school kids hung out with their classmates and the public school kids stuck around with their peers. The jocks and the preps stayed away from the stoners and the punks. The geeks huddled in small circles on the edge of the dance. "Please, wait. I want to talk to you." "It's not my fault," she said. He blinked. "What isn't?" "The game, the loss," she said, dark eyes blazing. "I heard you, and I'm sick of being blamed for things like that. First Jason, now you. I didn't have a damn thing to do with how many goals were scored or not." "Of course you don't." Dom realized she'd misunderstood his comment to Karl. "That's not what I said." "I heard you," she repeated, but now she was uncertain. He gambled and stepped closer;. Angie lay back against the pillows and sipped steadily at her drink, enjoying the almost immediate soothing effect of the alcohol. She suddenly felt good about being here in her friend's apartment with the dog Saxon instead of back at her lonely apartment or, particularly, off somewhere screwing that asshole Wagner.She felt a renewed affection for the big dog sitting patiently at the foot of the bed, his massive head resting on the bedspread as his eyes locked to hers."Come on, Saxon. Come up.