”Elyse’s laughter turned to giggles.“Oh come on! Do you think ANYTHING happens in that house without me knowing about it? Anything at all? And b...fore you ask, no, Kara did NOT show me the video, though I’d love to see it!”I laughed and shook my head.“I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.”“No, you shouldn’t! I know you better than anyone else in that house, Bethany included, because I’ve lived through all of what’s happened. It’s different from her reading your journals or you telling Kara or. Thanks to him, she’d lost her focus and couldn’t concentrate on shit anymore. And for the entire day, she’d done almost nothing but replay in her head what had happened the night before. Obviously he’d been insulted when she’d offered him money, since she should have known that he had his pride and wouldn’t take it. But what they had couldn’t have been much, or he wouldn’t have been so cavalier about ending it the way he had, over a few hundred thousand dollars that she told him she didn’t. Leelu loved him, but he was scary when he was mad. Tomorrow is Saturday, he said sternly. I want you to get some sleep tonight and tomorrow your mother and I are going to punish you, do you understand? Yes, daddy, she said. She knew not to argue with him. She knew tomorrow was going to be a bad day for her. Her father nodded his head and left without another word. Dale went into his bedroom where Lucy was waiting for him. She was dressed in his favorite little girl school outfitmicro plaid. I closed my eyes to try to block out his, but then I became overly aware of the feeling of his body pressed so closely to mine. And, as my eyes opened wide in surprise, I suddenly became aware of the feeling of his bulging crotch against me. I finally found my words. ‘And you were supposed to be sober.’ Neither of us laughed. We were both staring intently into each other’s eyes. I felt lost. I didn’t know what to do. Should I get up and pretend that I didn’t feel him against me, pretend that a.