Anyway, today I ordered a Vente Frappachino, Mocha Lite, truly delicious.
“That’ll be four dollars and seventy-five cents Ray,” the girl behind the counter smiled presenting me with my receipt.

“Here you go, exact change,” I said, knowing that I had just embarrassed myself.
“Thank you Ray, have a nice day.” She had a very confused look on her face.

“Some teenagers roughed Dog up real good, they hit him with sticks, kicked him, poured beer on him and kicked him some more, I don’t think he’s gonna make it Charley,” Mack sobbed, “Dog is family . . . what am I gonna do?"

Charley sat down next to Mack, he reached out for Dog’s throat. “No pulse, I’m so sorry Mack,” the words caught in Charley’s throat, “looks like dog has got him a new home, I’m sorry Mack, real sorry.”

Charley was stunned, “Hi Mom, Hi Dad, I thought you had . . . uh . . .”
“What?” His dad asked, “passed on, gone home . . . died?”

Charlie, and two other homeless adults, Emma, Mack and Mack’s dog, simply named Dog shared some space at the back end of the park behind a tall hedge in a ten foot by one hundred-twenty foot space up against a red-brick building.

We then drove from Nashville to Michigan in my small Ford Fairmont. The stony silence made the trip seem like an eternity. My mother stared blankly at the highway; I noticed she looked much older than I remembered. Karen sat in the back seat weeping occasionally, but otherwise she was quiet. John, who was only six years old, colored in his new coloring book, unaware of the grave condition his sister was in. We all hoped she would still be alive when we got there

As children we were [']partners in crime,

occasionally talking each other into doing things we both knew was [were] wrong

he thought down heartily. [heartedly?]

He yanked open his locker, pulled out his math book and tossed his science book into his locker

as he slunk off to class.[slunked]

quote}He vacated the room quickly and silently, with a slight glimmer of hope that he had gone unnoticed leaving the room too slowly

taking to much [wrong 'to' - 'too']

The skirt showed her more of her body than the other cheerleader's skirts had.

"Shut up and calm down for a minute. I want the school to finish evacuating so we are not caught in here. I will explain every thing in a moment," he said calmly. He put his ear back up against the door, but could not hear anything except the wailing of the fire alarms. "Okay now we can talk."