“Why would you do that?” Imogen asked as we walked to our next lecture following that lunchtime heart to heart with Jak.I shrugged. “I like Jak.... She’s nice.”“Well, yeah, but Marie is a miserable bitch. She never even says Hello and we’ve been in there pretty much every day since—”“So? Be honest, could you put on a fake smile and be nice to strangers after everything she’s been through?”“Paul! You don’t even know what she’s been through.”I shrugged again. “Whatever it was, it made her fail her. . I am no one anymore..." Stop that! Hey, listen to me... whoever you are, you are my friend and Ilove you!! I don't care what you are, a man, or a woman, that doesn'tchange a thing, I am still here, your best friend!" Tammy gives Adam anaffectuous kiss on the forehead and smiles at him. Adam's crying seems tobe coming to an end, he really needed those reassuring words Tamara toldhim. He continues to tell his room mate about last evening, now in acalmer voice. He tells her about the men at the. Well, I stared, she just smiled at me and seemed to be sending me the message that she was my friend. Well, we’d see about that.“The court will come to order, the honorable Preston Daniels presiding. You may all be seated.I watched as the two of them made their statements; I guess that’s what they were. The judge acknowledged them. Then, I was called. Winnifred had to encourage me to go up and tell my side of things. Oddly the lawyers didn’t do much or say much themselves, not in court at any. I felt glad to have done it for her. She could have done it for herself but then, helping her really appealed to my being gallant and good natured. Soon as I entered her home, the aroma of chocolate chips cookies baking in the oven hit me like a ton of bricks, making me smile feeling like a k** again. Her chocolate chips cookies were my most delicious c***dhood memories. I kicked my wet boots and hung the jacket up. Bea welcomed me with the news of baking cookies reminding me that it had been.