It had been tormenting her for almost 15 years. She gathered her nerves and told him exactly how she felt. She explained how she had always loved him,...that she just never could get the nerve to tell him. They talked about mistakes they had both made, and reminisced over times shared together through their school years. Emylee had finally told Shawn that she was still madly in love with him. It was the moment of truth. Had his love for her endured the years of rejection, and now the miles. "Um, Dominick," I called. "I think my mom will still be home." He looked blankly at me. "So what? Tell her I told you to go home to get something and come back. You are the one who has to do the sneaking around here, sissy, not me. I don't give a shit what you tell her throughout this entire summer or ever for that matter. You belong to me now, and you're going to have to remember that if you want to preserve any dignity you think you have left. Not that you had much to begin with apparently. In an attempt to figure out just what is happening to her, her friend Dave, a biology graduate student, is planning on breaking her into the university’s vet school and getting a CT scan of her brain… ********************** Cynthia was frightened. She has been throwing herself at men with abandon ever since the accident. It was getting worse with time. With Rob, it was simply a intense desire for sex, one that Rob was only too happy to accommodate. At the Frat house, she seemed to want each. ’ ‘Jackie is no mistake, Mama,’ Maddie raised her voice at her mother’s sharp words, forgetting that he could hear everything she said. Looking up, she saw his brow’s furrow and knew that he was processing it all. ‘Damn,’ she cursed herself for the lapse. She would have more than one case of damage control this night. She just hoped she was up to the job. ‘Mama, now is not the time to have that argument again.’ ‘When is the time? You have responsibilities to that child and to me. Remember you.