I am worried about losing my standing in grade nine if I am absent too much more." I will see what I can do but I don't want to loose my job either."T...e courthouse was just ten minutes from school and I made it with lots of time to spare. Both Derrick and Tom were present and I sat with them.Nick, his father and a woman, probably the mother, sat together.Mark Lasslo's case was third. The charges were read and Mark, now dressed in a suit, sat down with his lawyer. To my surprise the charges were. “You stay here,” Bret said. “I’ll bring the car around.”The next morning, when they got into the Sociology lecture hall, Bret steered her up into the back. Half way through the lecture, he pulled out his cell phone and put it to his ear.“Congratulations,” he finally said. “Give both your girls my love.” By this time, Prof. Andrews had stopped in his lecture and was making an ostentatious note in his grade book.“Melissa,” Bret wrote on top of his page of notes and showed to her, “7 lbs 9. Somehow I knew just what night it was too.I hurried up the long driveway, just in time to hear Tabby say, "Down boy, you'll get your chance." And then I was certain. I was back on prom night, 1966.I was then faced with a couple of choices. I could stick around here and try to save Tabby's parents. But, and it gave me a sinking feeling to realize it, tonight was probably their night to go. When you gotta go, you gotta go. I doubted I could change much. They would be dead sooner or later, with or. I grabbed him by his hair and told him to be quiet and go inside. He did as I said and after I got him through the door, I pushed him to the floor.I stood over him as I looked down at him. He was dirty from our scuffle and was pretty scared. I told him I knew he was spying on me for days and demanded he tell me everything he saw. He lied and said he saw nothing, and I threatened him that if he didn't tell me the truth I would kick his ass! He said he had been watching me for a week after he saw.