The bright lights were dimmed and the car and its escort drove away."Let's get inside" Julia was shivering. "Its cold out here and our carriage awaits...."The inside of the station was full of military personnel. Troops movements and men and women returning to their stations from leave filed noisily through the station. There were many men and women clinging to each other. Lots of kissing and groping. David smiled. Some things didn't change. A few children ran through the crowd. But very few.. There was no squealing tires, large steering wheel movements, or the smallest vibration to hint at what was happening.The whole thing was undoubtedly dangerous. I might have gotten upset if we were in the middle of town and he tried it, but we were on empty streets, literally. My house was in a neighborhood that was just beginning. All the streets had been laid out, but no houses had made it as far back as we were, just yet. Mostly it was just empty lots and concrete."You've done that a lot. I even came up with a new hobby over the last couple of weeks. At first I went to a meeting of the Alcoholics Anonymous support group. There I met with a man. That man introduced me to the pastor of a local church. It was a black church and even though I was not black he agreed to meet with me.We discussed a support for former inmates in the Mississippi Department of Corrections facilities. I express my feeling that ex- cons needed a place to go for guidance. There were local self help groups. I walked boldly over there. She was sitting with another girl that I knew from my English class, Denise. I acknowledged her nicely and said to them both simply:“Y’all got Ms. Sanders homework from last night?”“Yeah. It might be wrong though.” Sadie said to me.“Better than getting a zero.” I said back.“Yeah, Chad?”“What’s up?” I said back, looking in her brown eyes.“What did you really want? You don’t cheat. People cheat off you. Wait… this is about second period, isn’t it?” Sadie said.“Wait..