Things went bad when one of my supposed friends decided it would be fun to rough up the guy behind the counter. It was just some white kid workin’ h...s way through college. That was when I realized that somethin’ was wrong. I didn’t want to hurt nobody. It was just one of those moments, ya know? I realized I’d let things get so bad that some kid wasn’t gonna get capped just ’cause I needed a fix.’ Lola closed her eyes. It wasn’t one of her favorite memories. ‘What happened to the clerk?’ Pat. “Hardly,” Bella protested proudly. “I never lose a drop of the real stuff.”Friday laughed, but looked impressed.“Is that what that feeling in the ward was?” Will asked.“Mmmhmm,” Bella nodded. “Jack tried to overload an empty ward.”“I did not,” Jack denied half-heartedly.“I guess you were just really pent up,” Bella teased.“And who’s fault was that?” Jack retorted, starting to recover from her blissful ordeal.“Mine,” Bella grinned. “And I should do it more often. You’re fun to. He watched me leave as hecontinued mowing. Instead of going to the hair salon I drove to thelittle caf? that's only a few blocks away. I waited there an hour and ahalf to give him some time to finish the lawn and to see if somethingelse might happen. And it did!" she said with a giggle."I don't believe it," Henry said in disbelief."I parked a ways down the block so he wouldn't hear the car in thedriveway then I walked back and quietly entered the front door. I couldhear someone in my bedroom as. He mostly sits there waiting for it to end. I’m sure it’s all pretty surreal for him. I tried to stay away from it, leaving it in the capable hands of Dana, Beth, Amy and Jeremy.I did take the additional precaution of encouraging Stephanie to get closer to his mom and build a relationship with her.One weekday, Ashley subtly convinced me to show her the latest refurbished room. As the door opened, I spoke up, “We’re not messing up this room before the weekend!”Ashley laughed as Sheila came out.