This picture,’ I looked down at it and smiled, ‘was the most important thing of all. The man in the picture, my brother Ken, was killed last year, in a fire ironically enough. I guess it was the thought of this and Cassie being burned to cinders that made me faint in the first place.’ ‘I’m so sorry about Cassie, and your brother. It must have been difficult to have lived through two deaths in the last year.’ Chad looked concerned. A tear rolled down my cheek, Ken and I had been very close, as had Cassie and I. ‘Yeah,’ I said. ‘Oh, sweetheart, it will be okay. Things will look up soon, I promise,’ Chad lifted my chin up. He looked into my eyes for a few seconds, and brought his lips to mine. The kiss was soft and gentle, undemanding and comforting. He ran his tongue along my bottom lip, and I let his tongue explore my mouth. We kissed for a couple more minutes and he pulled away gently, smiling. When I protested he said, ‘Now, now, there’s plenty of time for this later. When you’re. We wore the same sizeclothes. I would frequently find here in my room stealing some of my t-shirts. Kim was only 12 years old and a huge brat. She always got herway in everything and threw fits if she did not. She had flaming redhair, and when it was not in pigtails, it was just a mess. With iceblue eyes, she was brilliant. Some people started to say she wasgifted. She had skipped a few grades and was in the same class as me.We had different friends, and she hated me any other time. she alwayswalked home from school with me and belittled and bossed me around. Shealways just told me what to do, and I just did them. I was used tobeing picked and bossed around because of my sisters was always doingit, and sometimes they would gang up on me.So on the way home from school one snowy cold day. It was no bigsurprise when Big Jim came over and started giving me a hard time. Jimwas 20 years old, he was held back a few times due to bad grades, andnow he was in his second year as a.