The room was darkened but the tell-tale glow of the TV shone out in the hallway, through the crack in the door. Kim went to bathroom and as she came o...t she heard that giggle again. A female laugh, and not on TV. ‘But what if someone hears you?’“They're all sleep.’ Kim heard Luke talking to someone. Kim felt blood rush to her face. Luke hadn't heard her come out of the bathroom. She crept down the hallway and pressed up against the wall.‘Ok.’ Kim could hear the couch groaning and cloth. But we can dothat as you do chores, for now just bring her a glass of wine, vino, andme a beer, cerveza, if you have it." Yes, I have beer, uh cerveza and I'll get it right away, Sir."As soon as I said it, I felt a bit odd and embarrassed. He had not askedme to call him Sir and the implications suggested that I was indeed aservant rather than a peer made me blush. As I got the drinks, Irationalized it as just being appropriate for the role they were showingme. When he had talked about Juanita. But no matter how beautiful the facade of the school is, the Fighter's Law will find a way to pervade it, as it does with every facet of human life.The Fighter's Law dictates that when two combatants are locked in combat, that the winner of the fight becomes the owner of the loser. Simple, easy, and clean. Just winners, losers, owners, and slaves. It's a wonder how something so simple fucked everything up so royally.The Fighter's Law was an edict declared by the God of Conquest, whether it was. To paraphrase Salinger, if you took the rest of your life you could not identify one-tenth of the criminals in the United States.The fact that I was now out and about on occasion — doing similar things probably as the cops were doing with their girlfriends — brought me back on their radar. Ironically, it was Det. Kay who alerted me to this when she called to ask for a sit-down meeting at her office.Again, I assumed that my father's remains or perhaps Leo's had popped up. Or even that Tony.