Being the only boy he took the reins of our trio, of which I had no objection to direct him. Surely it was more charismatic than I could be and then I... knew little about his girlfriend, telling her what to do and how to move it did not seem to be the case.I sighed delicately and I got up feeling the myriad of drops beating against the raincoat hood of the red k-way I was wearing, this was swollen on my back as it also covered the backpack I wore on my shoulders.The other two also wore one, Omar. One day I was asked to check on a sink in one of the apartments. I thought nothing of it and headed over to meet the tenant. I was greeted at the door by a patite girl next door fox wearing a tank top and cut off daisy Duke shorts that left me temporarily speechless. Nevertheless I still had a job to do. Once I got into the bathroom and got down on my knees to look at the fixture I encountered one of the biggest delights of my life. There next to my head was a pile of dirty lingerie, pantyhose. And not Miss? She has a chip on her shoulder and that isn't going to set well either." Tough my man. This came straight from the CEO. He was at a meeting of one of his civic groups and someone commented on the fact that he had no minorities in management at any level in his company. Now he can say he has." Well you can tell the asshole that I'm shooting him a memo on this and putting him on notice that I'm not going to be held responsible when my department goes to shit." All that will get you. Silver River was not large enough to have school bus service for any but the elementary school, so the kids all had to find their own way home, usually by bicycle or walking. Actually, the bullies were very clever in their trap.The bullies picked a street that was used by only a few kids and set up what they called a “toll booth.” They blocked the street and sidewalks with their bodies and would not let any student past who did not pay the 5¢ toll. That was such a small sum that most kids paid.