One of the things that'll you'll have to do in the next couple of years is set your own goals and priorities in life."You're here, now, not back in Ca...ifornia. The rules are different here, as you'll learn. One of the things I'll tell you is that you're at that age where you have to begin taking responsibility for yourself. You can't be what others want you to be, which is often a reflection of themselves. You have to stand on your own feet." What does that mean?" Danielle asked. "I've heard. " I hesitated to comply thinking that anything that lookslike it might belong in a beauty salon surely causes pain. But Jessinsisted and assured me I would like this. Off came my shoes and socks.Then Jess had me slip a foot into the bath. It was warm but notuncomfortable. After about 20 seconds she had me remove my foot. It cameout with an icing-white coat of wax on it. She placed my foot in a sortof terri-cloth boot with some kind of crinkly lining. Then repeated theprocedure with the other. It was quiet for a while, while they all sat and thought about how things had changed.Then Buck had an idea. He had observed, over the years, that students went to what were called "Spin Parties". That was from some veiled reference to some boy saying "Hey, c'mere baby. Sit on this and I'll take you for a spin." The parties were highly discouraged, as one could imagine, but every year there were several, and every year some girl ended up pregnant after going to one. His plan depended on if and. “Hello, Ms. White,” she says to one of Ryder’s neighbours in the lobby of the building. “Grace,” the woman asks, “Wow, you look, well you look stunning. Heading up to see Ryder?” “I am,” replies Grace, as her gloved hand opens the door to the stairwell. A few minutes pass as Grace makes her way up the stairs to the third floor of the building. Ryder’s apartment is right beside the doorway to the stairwell, perfect for Grace’s plans for the night. She pulls out her iPhone and types a quick.