"Heya,Race." He said,sitting on the bunk by mine.I rolled my eyes and took my cigar out of my mouth. "Whadda ya want,kid?" I asked

irritably.In the back of my head I admitted I shouldn't be mixing my bad mood with Snipes.He shifted awkwardly. "So..I uh,hoid Natalie

said ya stole her money.."

I narrowed my eyes at him. "And I suppose you believe hoi?"

He shifted again and glanced back at the group.They still didn't seem to notice Snipes' absence.He looked back at me. "No..I

was,uh watchin' you two dis mornin' when she was yellin' at ya.."

Something stopped me from yelling at him,though I'm not sure what.I just glared at him dubiously.

"After you left,I saw her take some money out of her pocket and count it.." He said quietly.

A look of anger appeared on my face.I opened my mouth to say something you may not want to hear,but was stopped by Snipes'

nudge towards the others.I leaned towards him. "That makes her the theif!" I tried to say as quiet as possible.Snipes nodded.I sat

with a strange smile.Snipes raised an eyebrow at my expression and went back to the poker game where,much to his dismay,no

one noticed his return.I took a long drag,thinking to myself.I was going to get revenge on that girl.I couldn't soak her.As much as I

hated her,she was still a girl and it would be a cowardly way to claim my revenge.I had sat there through out the night,puffing at

many cigars and thinking to myself long after the others had gone to sleep.Ever since this girl stepped in,I never seemed to be

myself..

**

I had had to come up with something she would want to soak me for,but would be into awkward of a situation to do it.I walked down

the road as I thought to myself.I looked up ahead at Natalie.If this didn't make her mad,I don't know what would.At this moment I

wondered how even I would react to my soon-to-be actions.I had gone out early today,to keep up with Natalie,but glanced back to

make sure none of the guys were there.I let out a sigh and started to approach her..