Sandra O'Shea shows up to school early to beat the crowd and see the science exhibits before the crowd shows up. Three wild girls Audrey Karos (the mayor's daughter), Brenda McMillan and Jane Talley enter the gym putting their hands on the exhibits and banging into tables. Sandra gets worried and tells them to grow up. The three bullies beat Sandra up and throw her into a closet. It isn't much longer before Sandra learns to defend herself and stars in the boxing ring. This is the story of Sandra's fight for freedom. Sandra's freedom from bullies is attained from a series of fistfights; however her freedom from depression doesn't end until her late forties.

Sandra: Why don't the three of you grow the hell up

Audrey: Why don't you make me tater tot.

Brenda: Lookout, Sandy is getting hot.

Jane: Yeah, she might kick our a**es.

Sandra: Go to hell and get away from those projects.

Audrey: Move back, I want to break the project in front of you.

Sandra: No, I got here first and I'm looking at it.

Audrey: We'll kick your a** b*tch.

Sandra: No you won't.

Audrey: Let's kick her a** girls. (They beat Sandra up badly giving her a black eye, bloody nose, bloody mouth, and a bad bruise from a kick in the chest.) The three girls throw Sandra into the closet banging on it and calling her closet girl and nerd and tell her not to come out until they leave. The school nurse calls Sandra's parents to pick her up and take her home. When she gets home, Sandra asks her parents Dr. John O'Shea and Sherrie O'Shea if she can take up self defense.

The story begins in the middle and will move to the end such as the Star Wars Series. This story follows Jack Bordowski's family life and career which starts as a cop in New York City to the shores of Vietnam where he fought as a soldier and back to New York where he makes his transition back to a police officer in his old precinct in Brooklyn. Jack is later promoted to Lieutenant. As the story progresses, several factors lead Jack to try to get off the streets of New York. His wife Mary hates the school district and city living. Jack starts seeing too much abuse as well as seeing a great friend die on the job. The third factor is that Jack's mother, father, and two brothers are killed off. At this point of his life Jack needs a lot of shelter which he finds in his loving wife Mary. Mary is a sex addict who never cheats on her husband. During Jack's tour in Vietnam, Mary buries herself into taking care of their four children as well as starting a sewing business to keep her mind away from sex. Mary uses sex which occurs almost every night to keep Jack coming home and to keep Jack from cheating. Mary enjoys her physical love with Jack and likes Jack to think of her as his personal mysterious lover. Mary always changes the times, places and positions to make sure physical love with Jack isn't boring. The reader will see where this trait passes down from generation to generation. Mary and Jack are both devout Roman Catholics but see things differently. After Jack is called into action in Vietnam, Mary sees prayer and faith as all that pulled her through. Jack knows prayer alone doesn't work.