Scotty had asked him why he had continued to be friends with the crazy young man. They had an unlikely friendship; a thug and a gifted gentle giant.
Anthony had always been older and wiser than his years. When Anthony had innocently discussed his attraction for Vanessa, Donald had expressed a similar interest in a girl named Yolanda--only his was laced with something that disgusted and frightened the bigger boy. Donald had an angry nature that Anthony had been able to soothe with just accepting his friendship.
There had been times when Anthony had wanted to pull back from the craziness that existed within his friend. But then he would remember a dead little girl named Yolanda and how Donald had really liked her. Anthony would remember the way Donald had once said that she wouldn't tell him no again …