" Was I that obvious?" Rachelle asked. "God, I hope Sean didn't notice." I think he would have said something if he had," Shelly pointed out. "I thoug...t it was just a way for you to show him you weren't a bitch. You were standoffish to him when he first moved in." I didn't know him well," Rachelle said defensively."Sean did and you trust Sean," Mary put in. She wanted to bring the conversation back to the point it started but she also wanted to show Shelly that she wasn't against her. "I saw. My heart stopped as I shifted just a little to feel my thighsand my large hips -- I felt it around my chest. Two straps on myshoulders.Oh god. I refused to open my eyes, and instead gently raised my hands,I could already feel the weight on my chest as I shifted. My handstouched the satiny cups of a bra, and I felt my nipples perk up at thetouch. I had boobs.I opened my eyes again. The girl across from me was smiling andstaring. And then I realized -- the girl was me. It must have been amirror.. She was also 23 years old and should have known she could not change a man’s personality.I heard that her marriage was in trouble after about seven years. He floated from job to job and would spend most every day of the week at the American Legion or at his other favorite watering hole. She would often go with him to the legion and both were well known there. One night he came home and told her he wanted to go to the legion. She said that she was tired of going to the legion and an argument. "Nicole Thompson."My words ring over the sound of the river as a hushed whisper almost asif I'd recited a witch's spell. The accused visibly squirms, his mouthno doubt dry as he attempts to muster a rebuttal."May, what on earth are you talking about? You're accusing me of crimesyou weren't alive to see!" Wrong! I was born June 3, 1998. The same day you murdered Nicole." Itake another deep breath. Keeping my composure under thesecircumstances is difficult. "Nicole was a simple girl. A.