" "Good." She giggled and gave me a swat on the bum. "Off you go. Have fun, and don’t stay up too late!" "I won’t! Bye Mum!" * "Hi Alice! I’...e been thinking, didn’t you have those sexy little red ones with that almost see... through... crotch…" My voice ground to a halt in shock. The patio door at Alice’s house was always unlocked, so it had become the norm that I let myself in. I had gone straight up to her room, where I had heard some rustling of fabric when I approached the door, so I. "Aha! Got you!" shouted the man seeing me move.He raced over towards me and I frantically scrambled my way up the wall his stick hitting the area where my foot had been moments before. Soon I was up perched on the balcony watching him scream and shout trying to find me. I relaxed a bit, there was no way he could get me up here.I reached into my backpack trying to find my phone to call the police, but this movement allowed him to figure out where I was."Get back down here you little monster!" He. Theoutfits were in the closet. I had removed the day's makeup, and all ofthe people on the bus were in their beds or bunks trying to sleep.But the fire within me was still burning brightly. I was wide awake, andI found myself sitting on my own bed, staring out the window at thestill-heavy early morning traffic around the New York City area. Eddiewas expertly navigating the large bus through the busy streets, and Iwatched the show much like I had watched the Salt Lake Valley from thewindow of my. Emily had a legitimate question. The real answer of course was that I had requested she come with us because I didn’t want to abandon her. There just wasn’t any place for her to go or anything for her to do other than hang around at the moment. I wanted my daughter to be patient and not be overwhelmed by my choice but I totally understood her point.It wasn’t like me to sympathize with other people – even my daughter.Mike said that if she had wanted the job as Hall Monitor, she could have said.