Her first reaction had been automatic, and it was to ignore him. She replayed it in her mind.“You can call me Terry,” he said.She glanced at him. ...e was smiling. He was looking at her face, and she waited for his eyes to slide down. When they didn’t, she thought of Bobby, for some reason. The man’s smile faded and something in his eyes told her he was disappointed by her frosty behavior.“Erica,” she said, suddenly. “I’m from Granger.”The interest came back into his eyes like light into a dark. Jessica who had only just turned 18 was freshly pierced with her meat tag a month ago and was already wishing for it's removal, "Don't think about what might happen in the next two years, think about how you will feel when your safe, when you reach the age of redemption" Her mother would often tell her, Jessica was still worried and didn’t share her mother's confidence that she would make it to redemption, more like someone would be redeeming her meat for her, since her age group had been. How does a man put up with all that shit?"He snorted and continued, "She wants pickles an' ice cream an' wants to paint th' fuckin' place. Who ever heard of paintin' a place y'all rentin' by th' month? Women is crazy." You must learn to have patience, Lee Roy. Remember, she's only a young girl, herself. First pregnancies on really young girls are a lot harder on them. There are so many changes that take place in their bodies and it's hard for them to cope with everything. The next one will be. Amanda walked out with me to see me off."It was wonderful to hear my mother laughing Johnny, thank you." My pleasure," I replied."It might be your pleasure real soon. I'm going to talk to Mom about getting on the pill tonight." Good luck with that," I said.Man did the week drag as I impatiently waited for my birthday. I was even unfocused at football practice, doing stupid stuff that ended up causing me to run about a million of Coach Boyette's punishment laps. When Friday finally straggled.