”“You saying you want me to wait until after the dance?” she asked, surprised.“I had no desire to hurt the girls or punish them. I just want t...em to leave me alone. I don’t want them to apologize. I don’t have so many pencils that I can explain the problem to them all one at a time. I don’t want them to try being nice at school. I just want them to pretend that they don’t know me. Don’t touch me, don’t talk to me, don’t talk ABOUT me, just fuck off and leave me alone. If they want to undo some. .. what? She could not put a word to it.When the clock struck four, she couldn't believe it. "Oh my look at the time!" They'd been sitting there for four hours. It had flown by like a second.He checked his watch. "Yikes! I didn't notice." She realised she didn't want to go, and locked eyes with him, looking for... something. He met her gaze and her heart tripped. He did not flinch, his eyes keeping to hers. She smiled again and he smiled back. A kind of panic seized her. What was. And flirt. A little. Let’s just forget about it and go back to the beach.”“What if he’s there?”“What if he is? If it makes you feel any better, he’s here for Ray’s poker tournament. You know how Ray’s games are. They’ll be there for hours. You can hide behind me if he comes down to the beach, and he’ll probably be too drunk to notice you, even if he does.”“You’re sure?” Janet asked, and then peeked out from behind the tent flap, just to reassure herself that he wasn’t standing there.“I’m sure.. No. OK. No. I will. I will. I'll take it off for you. Just give me a minute.' 'Sure, take all the time you want. While you are I'll just check out what's going on with Kitty over here.' I moved in on her daughter. Nora removed her bra before I ever got the ten feet to her kid. 'Stand up straight. Don't round your shoulders. Stick your fucking tits out like you're proud of them.' She tried her best and her best not to shake but she kept on jiggling her stuff.Page 8. I addressed her. 'So Kitty.