‘I don’t have a pen,’ he wailed. Selma gave him one. Holding the baby over his shoulder, he began filling out the form, leaving information he d...dn’t know blank. Amanda slept quietly on his shoulder, and he was careful not to jostle her again. Looking up, he saw Selma with the phone by her ear. At last, he completed the form, leaving the signature on the bottom for Renee. The floor was cold under his bare feet, and the air conditioning made his damp t-shirt clammy. Shivering, he put the. You can take it."He tentatively held out his hand and I made sure his fingers were on the piece of wrapper I'd left on the candy bar."Say Thank You to Mr. Pete," she told him."Aaa oooh" he mumbled around the bar he'd pushed completely in his mouth.I took a closer look at Juanita. She was an attractive woman, something I hadn't failed to notice already. She looked to be in her late twenties. I could tell that life wasn't easy on her. She looked wiped out but she had pulled it together to take. The colleges and other players won't understand mehaving a girl friend who's not a real girl." Oh, Mark."She flung her slender frame onto to Mark's lap, and he tenderly caressedher smooth arms and shoulders. They clung together silently for a few moments, and then Corey saidthrough her tears, "Mark, I understand . . . ah ah . . . I do honey."Corey saw instantly their love could not continue; that love, thatwonderful sweet, warm, love would endanger his future in football and infinding a life. " I said,"I'm sure whatever you can give me will be fine." I almost winked at him."OK then, If you'll follow me, I'll see what we've got in the stockroom." He led me to the back of the store, there were even fewer people about now. He left me by some double doors while he went over to another young black colleague. I assumed it was to tell him that he would be off the floor for a while. He came back to me and I followed him through the doors towards the back of the stockroom. I followed him up.