In what seemed like a few minutes, Reggie felt confident. He felt good for once. He felt like taking on the world. He felt repaired from all conflicts... and struggles. His tired bones were relieved. For once in a very long time he felt what must have been happiness.He never thought that such a happy, warm feeling were possible. He surrendered to it and had another snort.He flew high above the poverty and pain of the streets.He got rid of all of the ‘hood’s obstacles and actually felt empowered.. The whole area was excited by the "B" tournament. The powerhouses were Tekoa-Oakesdale, Garfield-Palouse, Saint Johns-Endicott and Northwest Christian. NWC was in Spokane itself while the other three were from Whitman County. This was also Tim's busiest time of his reporting of high school sports. He had to work fourteen to sixteen hours a day from Thursday though Saturday when a champion would be crowned. Then he'd have to file a report and write an article of the title game.Olivia would put. By then the three new boys were holding up wrapped bars, examining them. That worried me. It’s not like they didn’t know what the things were.Huso urged them, “Eat.” He smiled at me.I managed to set Mindy in the back seat. I looked into the car for just a second, to help her get her legs into the foot well. A hand clapped on my shoulder. It was Evondro.In his other hand was the unopened oat bar. He shook his head and frowned. “Huso don’t pay for me.” He pulled me to him and stuck his foul. Shanna's eyes followed that line down, down to where it became the valley between those two firm globes of her ass. Shuddering herself, Shanna sent her hands up again. Applying more pressure, she began kneading those muscles.Time in that cool, darkened room seemed to stop. All that existed were Shanna's hands, Anelie's body. Her fingers pressed into muscles she herself had given the girl, long hours of training forging her lean power. Shanna traced the edges of what lay under the skin. Teased..