He saw the kids off to school, and went to Peggy's office to see if he could fill her shoes. He first returned calls from brokers, only to discover th...at their offerings for distressed products had evaporated.He next called Mrs. Nixon, who gave him the sales receipts for Mr. Bennett's businesses. She told him that she had checks to be signed, and that the cash on hand was insufficient to cover them. He asked her to meet him at the café.Brian called John Larkin in for a short meeting. John gave. The next morning, Vivek sent each of us a text message.“Clubhouse booked for a private party only for 7 people. Be there by 11 am,” it read. We all knew what this meant. It was 9.30 am and I couldn’t wait. We all reached the clubhouse at 11. Roopal and Vivek we’re already there. Roopal was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. She was looking too cute.The clubhouse was very luxurious. It had a pool, a couple of rooms, a mini bar, a snooker table, etc. “So wassup guys, what’s this about?” she asked. She hasn’t posted any pictures to social media since her life was hijacked. Just a few messages to friends. Then there are the asshole trolls who laughed about her mom getting picked up by ICE. She thought deactivating her accounts, but then she’d have no DM’s.It’s a share she didn’t get any good pics before the night was rolling. I clean shot in good lighting with the dress would have been so fire. Her selfies weren’t exactly the thing, but she was smiling and surrounded by handsome men. It. Not exactly visions of dancing sugar plums, but it seemed to put Gabe right to sleep. The next day Gabe took the bus, seeing as how his bike was still somewhere out in the marshlands off route 20. He noticed that he kept getting stares from several of the girls on the bus. From middle school girls to the bus driver. He couldn't help but snicker to himself a little. At 8:14 and 56 seconds in the A.M., Gabe sauntered into Coach Heinrich Krauss' 1B U.S. History class, and took a seat on the third.