A LIST OF NUMBERS AND DATES,ANOTHER THING FROM WAS—.
         
         WAIT A MINUTE.MY BRAIN CLICKED.I LEAFED BACK TO THE ENVELOPE
         
         FROM WASHINGTON.I HASTILY TORE IT OPEN.I’D PROBABLY GET ARRESTED
         
         OR FIRED BUT,HO HUM THAT’S LIFE.I PULLED OUT A LETTER.
         
         
         
            DEAR CUSTOMER,
         
              WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING DEALT WITH US IN THE PAST.WE ARE
         SORRY TO SEE YOUR ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN FROM THIS BANK.WE ASK
         YOU RECONSIDER.HERE ARE YOU FIGURES FROM THE STOCK MARKET.
         
         
         
         
         
            I LOOKED ALL IN THE ENVELOPE BUT I DIDN’T DISCOVER THE NUMBERS.
         I SAT DOWN,DEFEATED ON THE BED. SOMETHING TOLD ME THAT IF I DID
         FIND THOSE NUMBERS I’D CINCH THIS UP.A PICTURE CAUGHT MEY EYE.
         
            IT WAS LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU GOf TAKEN AT THE BOARDWALK.IN IT
         
         WAS MS.CARLTON AND TODD.I NOTICED THE OTHER THREE WERE MISSING.
         
         THEY LOOKED RIPPED OFF.I HELH UP THE ENVELOPE I HAD JUST
         
         OPENED AND NOTICED HOW IT HAD BEEN NEATLY REGLUED.SO,I WASN’T
         
         THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD SAW THIS.I STUFFED THE PICTURES,AND THE
         
         LETTER IN MY POCKET.I WALKED OVER TO THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR AND
         
         OPENED IT.I STEPPED OUT INTO THE CRISP AIR AND SHU THE DOOR.
         
         I WALKED OVER TO THE RAILS.A SENSE OF HEAVINESS CREPT OVER ME.
         
         THE RAILS REACHED UP TO MY MID’CHEST.THEY WERE HIGHER THAN I
         
         HAD EXPECEED.THEN I NOTICED THE TWO FOOT LEDGE.
         
           HOW,I ASKED MYSELF, DO YOU FALL OVER A RAILING THAT REACHES YOUR
         NECK WHEN THERE’S A LEDGE WIDE ENOUGH TO SIT ON?
         
         
         
              “CAPITAN GREENE?” I ASKED INTO THE PAYPHONE.
         
           “HELLO?” HE ASKED.
         
           “YEAH,THIS IS BREANNA.” I SAID.

         

         
         “DID YOU TALK TO DADLA?” HE ASKED.I LAUGHED.
         
         “THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.DARLA CARLTON DIDED FOUR DAYS AGO.”