‘Look, I’ll make a deal with you.’ ‘What kind of deal.’ Keri asked cautiously. ‘If he comes back tomorrow like we both think that he will,... to tell us that he had let things get out of hand, and that he really isn’t interested in being our ‘slave’, I’ll tell him that we were just joking too, and I’ll even apologize to him for leading him down that path. And then we can start out fresh in any way that we’re all comfortable with.’ ‘But what if he doesn’t say that?’ ‘Well then I’ll make the whole. I respect you for giving me the choice, but those kidnapping, low-life, baby stealing, thieves have got to die for what they did to our Tina.”And that was that. We did not speak about it again.As we neared Highway Sixty, I saw the dust cloud that our driver had told us about and cut across a berm to cut them off. The noise the truck made as we slammed and bounced down the row was worrisome, but I could always buy a new truck. Nothing could replace Tina.The dust cloud maintained a path that. But just as I was grabbing my bottle of lotion… “Fuck!” my roommate James yelled. I stepped out of my room to see him standing over by the staircase with his phone. “Yo, what’s wrong bruh?” “That stupid ho Lisa stood me up, Mario. She been hittin’ me up all night on Instagram and was supposed to be coming over so we could fuck, but now she ain’t comin’ because out of nowhere she’s on her period. These bitches play too many games, bruh.” “You can say that again. Remember the girl Rebecca I told. She had to bring this test to a quick end, and there was still a chance she could walk out with all her clothes on and secure her driving lessons; “Ok, lets make this winner takes all. I will call you bluff, but if this is a bluff I have passed your test and I get my driving lessons immediately…”And then he smiled as he saw a solution: “Rachel, I can tell you have missed a major safety procedure, which would mean under the circumstances that you have failed the test as you would have literally.