a three story apartment building took up the entire block . the place is too good to be real . at the same time , nobody was about to abandon ship . he 'd broken her spirit long ago . `` what kind of attention do you think she 's going to bring , looking like that ? '' `` you can get past me , ca n't you ? '' the theme was the same ; local media up in arms over lack of discipline in schools . i may not have known about it , but it was my duty . 