But the big boost for her came at the end, when Tony gave her a big hug.Mikki's eyes went wide, and none of the other boys teased Tony about it,althou...h you could tell that it was killing them not to. "You lookedlike you needed that," Tony said in his accented English, "and youdeserve it." He then scampered away."Did that really happen?" Mikki asked as she and Rachael walked toScience class. For the first time today she had a smile on her face.In the afternoon classes Mikki had two things to. We were soul mates, forever. Or so I thought. Somehow Anna was getting something from Mike that I was unable to give her, and she was about to destroy my heart. And not only my heart, but Joyce’s too.I didn’t get any work done on Monday. None at all. I had brought my ‘going out’ clothes with me to work. I changed before I left for the restaurant.I waited in my car until I saw Joyce pull into the parking lot. I walked to her car and opened her door. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I. Andrea pulled her a little further into the room, then she heard the door close behind her. “Oh, God, please don’t hurt me!” she begged. As Andrea let go of her hand, she felt the presence of a man behind her, his calloused hands touching her hips. He guided her across the room until she felt Andrea’s bed hit her thighs. “He wants you to turn around and sit on the bed, Cindy.” Andrea told her, so she did as she was asked. Cindy felt him moving closer, getting his knee in between hers, and she. I thought you would never ask! Pick me up at my place at 6 Friday. See you then.’ As she left the room, she gave me a kiss on the cheek, to my utter astonishment. As I look back on it now, I had performed my first act of mental control over another person. But at the time, I was totally perplexed. I had totally expected rejection, polite rejection perhaps, but it seemed like my intense wish had really come true. I could hardly wait for the week to end and see how my date with Jean went. That.