Her tendency was to dress on the conservative side to cover up her perceived flaws.Sue had been desperately lonely since Bob’s death. Although, she ...ried not to lean on Tommy too much, he seemed to be the only one that really understood. She didn’t have to explain to him how she felt when she was sad, angry, or lonely. He just knew. Sue thought that she could read Tommy as well. Out of sheer loneliness, Sue had tried dating. Unfortunately, she hadn’t met anyone that she really liked or. He knew how lonely she was getting but he stayed out late a lot of nights during the weekends with Justin. Then they would come home drunk and loud and Rick would want rough sex with her.One night he came in. She had been asleep for a couple of hours and he woke her up smelling only booze and cigarettes. He was so drunk, he could barely stand up. "Baby wake up... baby, wake up. " "What is it? It's late, I was sound asleep. "I said. "Look, me and Justin had a long talk tonight, he's my best. How she wished that it had been her that had triumphed over the narcissistic bitch.Upon hearing the mocking laughter, Helen started in on Puma, reigniting her tirade.“Kriss, dear,” Puma retorted in saccharine sweet tones, “don’t blame me, it was your choice. Besides, who is this ‘Goddess of the Stars’ you keep mentioning?”“Goddess of the Stars? What are you talking about?”Both heads swiveled in concert, staring at the fourteen-year-old wheel chair bound girl who was in charge of orchestrating. "That felt nice, I missed you too." How was California, is your dad okay?" California was nice, it was nice to be back there. My dad's a littlebetter, he showed signs of waking up soon." Do you have time for lunch?" he asked."I'll see how the day is going, check back at eleven-thirty, I'll knowby then,"Connie came in next."Is Melissa in?" she groused."Well good morning to you too Connie, yes, she's in," replied Brenda."I have to see her," she said as she barged in to Melissa's office andslammed.