“If you take my class next year Jenny,” Mrs. Sonneborne noticed I was standing nearby and eavesdropping “Then what happened on Summer break stay...s on Summer Break! I would deny any of this ever happened.”“It isn’t nice to eavesdrop, Jenny! Take off your panties and stand in the corner. You have twenty minutes!” My Aunt pointed, and I immediately apologized and obeyed after curtsying to the ladies.“I wish my daughter would behave like that. All you have to do is snap your fingers, and she jumps!”. Dan had been verbally beaten by a vindictive Claudia. He sadly relented, tears pooling in his eyes, and walked dejected to the door. The door opened part-way, he paused. He was mad that she didn’t give him the chance to plead his case and returned for another round of verbal abuse.She came up to him, “Are you fucking deaf as well as a woman beater?” She drew back her right arm to strike him once more. Dan grabbed Claudia’s wrist firmly but gently stopping her next strike against him.“Will you. She asked for hot water and produced some tea from her native land. It was delicious, a lot like her I surmised.She was pretty and softspoken and let me know she wanted to practice English with me since she had learned it from non-native speakers in her home country and the accent was quite noticeable. We agreed to meet after that class each day. She brought tea and I brought cookies.Aftet two weeks I got up the nerve to aske her to a school event on a Friday evening. She was delighted and said. Since he had never given it much thought, he had no clue and asked for her advice. Kelly suggested that he pick up a little college education. The idea of going to college had really thrown him for a loop and he decided that he should talk to John about the matter. John was in school and could possibly provide some insight into what he might study.John was slowly walking up the street, chatting with neighbors. It amazed Ed at how quickly John had become widely respected in the neighborhood..