"Jake called about 10 minutes ago. He wants to talk to us." She shouted from down the hall. "Get moving sleepy head."I swayed to my feet. Jake? I walk...ed down to her room."Cleo, please make some sense hey?" I leaned on her door jam.Cleo was bent in half pulling a thong over her foot. She smiled at my sleepy face."Molly said, Jake called and wants us both up and at his place for breakfast. Go take a shower and get dressed." She threw her wet towel at me."Fine, Fine..." I mumbled and headed for. Who knows. Perhaps it was sexual attraction. Whatever the case, it was enough to cause the two of them to return to Tim's place that night.AT TIM'S PLACE They danced together on every slow song that was played. Tim, now almost nineteen and Lisa at seventeen seemed to be a natural couple. Both Tim and Lisa felt the heat from each other's bodies as they swayed across the floor. As the dance came to an end, Tim asked Lisa to join him at his place. "Nothing dirty", he said. I just want to spend. You can damned well bet whoever it was that killed that girl was halfway to Florida by the time these yahoos got off their dead asses. But you let some poor bastard walk across that yellow line with a beer and they are on him like flies on shit. I kid you not. And that man will spend the night in jail — guaranteed. Of course, if it's a young woman, the cops pat her on the ass — literally — and tell her not to do it again." Seriously?" Bryant asked. He glanced from Chuck to Linda. Linda simply. He'd found some waste food in a dumpsterbehind a Taco Bell restaurant, and though it hadn't been what he wanted,he forced himself to eat. He needed to earn some more money so he couldget a bus ticket.As he huddled, half-sleeping, he saw the headlights of a car turninginto the park. Pete was suddenly awake, and he bolted upright.Quickly, he grabbed his spare clothes and backpack, crawled from underthe table, and scrambled to some bushes. He watched nervously as apolice car, on a routine.