Off towards the manmade lake near the campus library’s clocktower, a few young couples were holding hands, strolling in the smoggy distance. In the ...quare in front of the library, a large group of late middle-aged and elderly women were dancing, doing aerobics to repetitive techno music blasting from a distorted speaker. The women wore surgical masks as they danced. Some moved faster than others.I wondered what would happen if all one billion people in China were to do aerobics at the same. .. into us here." You're the first musical group from Heritage to gain nationwide popularity," she reminded. "What the hell else does this town have to be proud of?" I never thought of it that way," he said. "So did... you know... Mom and Dad see it?" Their only son gets his picture on the cover of a famous national magazine and you want to know if they saw it?"He sighed. "Well, when you put it that way... Did they say anything about it?" Dad didn't. You know how hard to read he can be. Mom. I laid my towel out on the sand and took off my shirt. The sun felt warm and I alternated between laying on the warm sand and body surfing the waves in the still-chilly ocean. Soon I was joined by members of my family and Uncle Troy's family. They laid their towels around mine. My mom even brought a beach umbrella. Linda was there. She looked at me shyly, her long blond hair blowing softly in the breeze. She laid out her towel and removed her t-shirt. I was shocked. My chubby, geeky cousin was. Barbara regrets even saying it, but Alfred replies evenly. “I suppose you look better in tights.”Barbara laughs.“Why are you so angry with him?” Alfred asks bluntly.“He started a fight that he couldn’t finish,” Barbara says. “And then takes off? What’s not to like?”“There was a time when you saw him as a father.”“I have a father,” Barbara snaps, shutting the lid of the case. “He wants me to be normal and go to school. Bruce wants me here cleaning up his messes while he’s off with Talia or.