“Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer…..”“Why your voice is so trembling today?”, asked Mrs Rao. She was an eccentric woman. Everyone...fear her when she was in a bad mood.“No mam, its just that…”And I felt vibration in my pants. My heart froze. But the bell rings just in time. The school is over.“Bring your grammar books tomorrow”, she said. I was still trembling. Not because of the fear of her but from the thing inside my pants. Besides Mrs Sharda Rao was never so hard on me, may be. With his 'partners' gone, he needed to be certain that something unexpected didn't happen to him. He hired a burly 'driver' for himself. The guy could drive pretty good, but was mostly a thug who'd thump anybody Claude told him to.The ranch was a busy place. Mom was home, helping with the horses when she wasn't on the phone. (Her phone bill was prodigious. Every call was long distance and many were to relatives on the east coast.)The two Indian ladies we'd hired to help with the horses were. “Ems. This is your win. Your strategy, your vision, your closing statement. Thanks for making me look so good.”She says it with such sincerity, and without any hint of flirtation, that I’m suddenly realizing how much I wanted this woman to be impressed with me. Not just because of the intimate moments we’ve shared, but I want her to think I’m valuable at Altitude.“Thank you, Lauren. I speak for the group when I say we’re incredibly grateful for your time and advisement,” I say as I give her a. Im going to move into an apartment though. And when you think your ready you can move in. He kissed my forehead. We laid on the grass and looked at the stars for a while. It was getting late and I was getting tired. We parted ways and all I thought about was him and his apartment. We were together all the time. I really think we were the schools newest power couple. I hung out with Lex and Dani a lot more too. I was like never home. After about a month, Nate was settled into his new apartment..