He silently prayed that someone else would come.He silently prayed that someone else would come. But he knew it was already too late. They always came, if they came, at night after 'lights out'. Soon Mr. Edwards, the 'house father', would be coming around to get the boys out of bed. Frustrated and impotent in his anger, Rafael felt around in the bed for his pajama pants and pulled them on, oblivious to the sticky wetness on his legs and buttocks. For Rafael, that Thursday had started just like any other day. ++++ In the summer the boys at Centerville were supposed to do chores around the dorm or work in the garden before they engaged in a variety of sports activities. |