ONE DAY ABOUT THREE DAYS AFTER MY INNCIDENT I WAS JOGGING WHEJ.N THE PUNK
             CAME AFTER IVIE.I FIRST NOTICED HIM WH3N I PASSED THE STORE WINDCW,AND HE
             WAS TERE GU AND ALL.I PICKED UP SPEED AND RAN INTO THE PARK.PRAYING IT
             WAS STILL FULL WITH PEDESTRIAM~S.IT WAS EMP~DY.NO ONE WAS THERE~I GRITTED
             MY TEETH AND PRESSED ON TO THE MAIN AVENUE.I CLENCHED MY FISTS AND RANK
             SO HRRD I WAS GWING AT ABOUT 45M.P.H.I SWUNG BEHIND AN ALI~EY~.THERE WAS A
             LARGE GATE THAT I CLIMBED OVER..I RAMS’ OUT UNTIL I CAME TO THE MANDELIN~
             BLVD.I KNEW JILL’S HOUSE WAS DOWN THIS STREET SO I SAID A SILENT PRAYER.
             THAT’S WHEN~ I FELT THE ICY SENSATION OF THE BARREL OF A GUN ON MY BACK.I
             STOPPED AX\D TURNED AROUND AND WAS FACE TO FACE WITH MR.MYSTERY.I BACKED UP
             AND GOT READY TO DELIVER A KARATE KICK TC THE GUN.I DID IT IN ONE FLAWLESS
             MOVE AS I DOVE FOR IT HE GRABBED MY7 HAIR AND PULLKD ME UP IRIPPED THE
             EARING OUT OF HIS EARS AND STEPPED ON THE GUN.~I SCREAMED IN HIS FACE
             WHICH STARTLED HIM I GRABBED THE GUN AND TOOK THE WATCH OFF OF HIS WRIST
                 AND STUCK IT INTO MY POCKET .HE GRABBED FOR IT AND IBROUGHT MY KNRE
             INTO HIS SOLAR PLEXIS.HE GLARED AT lylE AND I SHOVED THE IUYI BARREL INTO HIS
             BACIC.HE SCREAMED I SHOVED IT IN HARDER.
             “NOW MR.MACHO SHUT UP.” I HISSED.HIS EAR WAS BLOODY AND SO WAS HIS LIP.
             I SMILED TO MYSELF.
             “LOOK THERE’S ELvIs:”’ SOMEONE CALLED I LOQKED.TALK ABOUT DUMBThIS MOMENT
             CAME.HE SNATCHED THE GUN AND I DOVE AFTER HIM.,I KICED MIM IN HIS BACK AND
             HE STUMBLED BUT DIDN~T FALL.I PRESSED FARTHER AND PASSED THE OLD CLOCK.
             IT WAS BUILT BY A VETRIANJ TRIPPED HIM BUT HE DIDN’T FALL.HE JUMPED INTO
             A CROWD OF PECPLE.I COULDN’T SPOT HII~I~ FRUSTERATED AND EXHAUSTED I WENT TO
             WEST SIDE COFFEE SHOP.I PUT IWY HAIR INTO A PONYTAIL AND THEN ENTERED THE
             SHOP.JILL WAS BUSY FILLING IN AN ORDER AND JESSI WAS MAKING A SHAKE.
             “HEY ARI.” JESSI CALLED.SHE SAW MY FACE AND MOUTHED C.P.S.C? I NODDED.
             “WI-IAT’LL I~ BE?” I BUT T~ MENU DO!~N.
             “THE LARGEST COLD DRINK YOU HAVE HERE.” SHE SAW MY GRASS STAINED PANTS AND
             GASPED ,SHE ALSO SAW THE BLOOD ON MY HANDS .HER EYES GREW WIDE AND I NODDED.
             “SWEET,SWEET REVENGE~” I GRATEFULLY GULPED DCWN THE DRINK.I SHOWED HER THE
             WATCH.
             “E.IVI.A.M.H.” I SAID LEAVING.I HAILED A TAXI AND IN CASE YOUR WONDERING:
             E.IvI.A~IvI.H STANDS FOR EMERGENCY MEETING AT MY HOUSE.I GOT OFF AT MY HOUSE AN)
             GRATEFULLY F~ UND JAMEY .HE SAW ME AND NEARLY PASSED OUT .HE HELPED ME UP
             STAIRS.AS ITOLD HIM ALL HE GREW PALE AND WHITE.
             “THAT SETTLES IT SRI.I’M CALLING COLLEGE AND TELLING THEM I GOT THE CHICKEN
             POX.” I DIDN’T ARGUE.INSTEAD I TOOK A LONG NAP.
         
             THE FIPT THING I DID THE NE~ MORNING WAS TO TAKE A SHCWER.BY 1O:COALL
             THE PEOPLE WERE HERE.THE FUNNY THINGS ABCUT THE CLOCK WAS THE FACE ONLY
             HAD ONE HAND AND THAT WAS POINIflIG ON THE II AN D THE CLOCK WAS HOLLOW.
             WE DIDN’T HAVE ~ SCREW DRIVER THAT WAS SMALL ENOUGH SO WE OPENED I~ WITH
             MY NAIL F~LE.SPDS WAS REALLY NICE AND SORRY THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH
             IT. INSIDE WAS A SUPER MALL DISKETTE.IT HAD LITTLE WHITE SYRB~LS CNIT.
             THE FIRST LINE WAS AN EYE AND THEN A VAU=IVAN~.
             THE SECOND LINE WAS A HEART AND A BRUSH=HEA.RTBRUSH. IVAN HEART BRUSH?
             WE ALL TRUDGED TO THE LIBRARY.I ASKED MRS.STEWART WHO WAS IVAN HEARTBRUSH
             AND SHE PULLED OUT A HUGE DUSTY BOOK FROM THE SHELF.IT SAID WWII VETRIANS.