Chapter 319 Busty Mom And The Bullies:>69

• Well, you can't really put it more blatant than that, Elliott thought to himself as he pulled the book closer. He went back to the same place he's started with Zeke. It only took a few minutes before Elliott realized Gunner was basically dumb as a post. He did listen, and he did try, but he wasn't all that successful, especially at first. Elliott could see that for Gunner, it was more a pride thing. Like he'd said, "If the other two could do it, he could do it." It was almost like he was doing it out of spite. Given the choice, Elliott knew Gunner wanted no part of this tutoring business. But Jamal was their unspoken leader, and he knew Gunner didn't want to cross Jamal, especially when Jamal was letting his pals use Elliott's mother as their personal cum-bucket whenever they wanted. Elliott guiltily had to admit it was the same reason he himself was going along with the whole tutoring business as well.
• Just under a half hour into their session, they both looked up as the incessant thumping and squeaking noise from upstairs stopped. Gunner had been working quietly on a problem Elliott had given him and they both sat there, struck by the roaring silence from above. It only lasted a few minutes before it started up again.
• EEN-EE...EEN-EE...THUMP...THUMP...THUMP...