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with anger.
    “You better not come back here,
do you understand ME?” her father asked. “I’ll call the cops on you.”
    “Oh yeah, what do you think they’re
going to do to me?” Rob said, mocking him.
    “I wouldn’t try me,” her father
said. “I’m a powerful guy.”
    “Listen, I don’t really care who
you are to be frank. I just want to see your daughter,” Rob said.
    “Well, let me tell you one other
thing. This is no way to enter into our family, young man. If you ever think
you stand a chance with my daughter you are out of your mind. So, if I were you
I’d just quit now.”
    “NEVER!” Rob said. “This has
nothing to do with you, or your family. I don’t care about your dumb family.
You guys mean nothing to me. All I care about is Rachel. Nobody else in this
world matters to me. I am different and she is different. It is something you
will never understand,” Rob said.
    “Just leave, would you!” her
father said, pointing to the door. “I’ve heard just about enough out of you.”
    “Ok, but remember, I’ll be back
if I can’t find her. So you better be pointing me in the right direction.”
    “GOODBYE!” was the last thing he
heard as he made his way out of the house and towards the hospital for more
answers.
     
CHAPTER FOUR

 
 
    Mark drove through the streets
feeling energized as he knew he’d get his fix soon. It had been a few days
since his last smoke, and he couldn’t wait to get his hands on more. He’d
become addicted, and it was all he could think about. He knew it was illegal,
but he didn’t care. Something inside him had shifted and he’d become a guy he hardly
knew anymore. He was suddenly doing things that were completely out of the
ordinary and hanging with types that he’d never liked before. Although, he was
happy about it because it made him feel cool and like a rebel. He’d always
wanted to revolt against society, but for some reason or another, felt
contained in his skin and he couldn’t break free. Now, things had changed for
him, and he suddenly felt free of his inner chains and able to express his real
true self.
    As he pulled down the back alley
way of this sketchy town he’d never been to before, a cat ran in front of him,
and then smoke from a pipe in the street started billowing in the air in front
of him making it hard to see. He was along, and was suddenly feeling a bit
creeped out by the situation. He knew he had to stay the course though, or else
he wouldn’t get his pot.
    He turned the corner, and then
outside on an old concrete porch stood two unkempt men, standing there as if
they’d been waiting all day. Mark drove by and looked at the number on the
house and saw this was where his dealer lived. He slowly approached the men,
looking around the perimeter to make sure this wasn’t a sting operation and
making sure there were no police following him. He then rolled down his window
and said, “Are you Romano?”
    “What’s the code?”
    “427,” Mark said, still watching
his back for trouble.
    “Bro, that’s not the code!”
Romano said and reached into his pocket and pulled out a police badge.
    Mark’s hear began to race as he
watching this unfold before his eyes. He knew he should have never come here
and now he was going to be arrested.
    “I think I have the wrong house,”
Mark said.
    “I’m just messin’ with you kid!”
Romano said, laughing and looking back at his friends on the porch, who were
also hysterical about the whole thing.
    “Listen, this was a bad idea,”
Mark said. “I should have never come.”
    “What do you mean, kid? You ain’t
gonna buy?” Romano asked, beginning to look angry.
    “No, I don’t think it’s a good
idea,” Mark said.
    “What do you mean?” Romano said. “Hey
guys, he’s not going to buy anymore. He faked us out!”
    “WHAT?” the guys said on the
porch as some stood up, with their muscles showing and started swaggering over
to Mark’s car.
    “Come out here,” Romano said.