He had graduated high school the year before, and she was a senior. XXX “I guess I have to search you, then.” he said, pulling her to her feet by the upper arms. This was a brand new part of the game, one they’d never played before. ‘He might have trouble when he gets back, hmm?”
“I’m not going to be any trouble to him.” Tom said. The one time his mother had ever mentioned it, Becky had leapt to her brother’s defense. “Be careful up there, Tom. I’ll be in to see you after the shift, don’t worry. The management position?”
“Ah, good, good, my boy. Sometimes the customers can get a little…rough, especially with what goes on out back. Albie told me to show you this.”
“But I can’t just-” he protested.
