I slide past him my ass mere inches from his face and his hand sneaked up and felt the inside of my thigh. I gasped as it lingered. After what seemed...minutes but was actually on seconds he let me pass. Stepping down into a puddle I looked up and saw his face, lips parted teeth showing. I just stood there as the doors closed and he went past. The walk home was a blur my thoughts incohesive. So, enamored by his presence I failed to realize until I walked inside that I hadn’t even bothered to. "My mother smiled. "Looking at your new hose?" Yeah. I've never seen the packages up close."My mother sat down next to me. "I talked to your sister and explainedthe situation. I've told her that she is NOT to ridicule you. She wasupset that you might have been wearing her underwear in the past. Itold her that you had only been wearing mine. Is that true?" Yes." Good. Okay. Why don't you put your hose away in your dresser. You canmove some of your underwear and socks into the empty dresser. If the sleep-trainer decides that you aren't trustworthy, it will help you unlearn about this meeting we just had. It wasn't that important, anyway. Does that work?" Everyone nodded."AI, is this a workable plan?"Oh, yeah, one other thing. I was looking at those lists of people. "You know, I think I recognize some of those names. AI, I was looking at a website this morning that was talking about a hidden UN plot to take over the world, and it listed a whole lot of people who had recently. I explained a grenade to her by pretending to throw one at her, then making sounds of a bomb exploding. I mimed playing different instruments for her. I acted out animal sounds. When the meaning of a word clicked in her head, she always gave a loud, “Ahhh!” and clapped her hands. If she understood the humor of whatever remark I put together with the cards, she laughed, full of enthusiasm, while covering her mouth with both hands. She even tried to make her own sentences with the cards. The.