My reply caused Adam to freeze. He slowly turned his head, looking at me in surprise. In an irritated voice, he spat, "What the f**k did you just say?" This was not the first time this had happened. Similar things had happened in the past; countless times. Adam's family was well off, but they were not filthy rich. Adam simply could not compare to real rich kids like Johnny and Kai. But, that did not stop him from having a sense of superiority over us. He especially liked to pick on me, using me to stroke his ego. Perhaps because he felt insecure sucking up to Johnny and Kai, and because I was an easy target, he always vented his frustrations on me. He would make me run his errands all the time, and each time he would pull out a 20 dollar bill and chuck it at the ground. He would get a