She needed one. She needed to survive.Then suddenly Rose’s father was beside me, silently taking my arm. I only met Frank once before, and only brie...ly. I expected him to yell at me, to blame me as if I was the symbol of the system that had let him down. That had let his daughter down. Instead he nodded towards the elevator and I followed.Once the doors closed, he exhaled and looked at me with a smile. “She’s okay.”It took me a minute to realize what he’d said. Everything tingled. “What?. Greta and I stared blankly in return, but Carrie 'harrumphed' at the three of us."Am I the only one who spent time making sure they knew where the classrooms were?"We just nodded and followed Carrie to class.Freshman English, it turned out was really 'English Composition', so we were instructed by Mrs. Irving, the teacher. Our seating assignments were alphabetical, and I was several chairs and several rows away from Greta, Joe and Carrie. Bennie, having the distinction of being the only student. Iss beech mere dost ka bhi mere ghar aane ka silsila badhne laga. Ab dono ke beech nazdeeki badhne lagi. ek din jab ghar par koi nahi tha aur maine doosre shahre mein tha, mera dost milne ke bahane mere ghar aaya. meri bhabhi usse wait karne ke liye kah kar mujhse phone par baat karne lagi. iss beech mauka paa kar mera dost uske phicche bahut nazdik jakar khara ho gaya. wo jaise hi phone par baat karte karte mudi, uski boobz uske sheene se chipak gaye. wo ghabra kar thodi door hat gayi, lekin. I’d have gone for it for sure.”“You were upset, and drunk… you’d just gotten into a fight with your boyfriend…”“I know, but I asked you to spend the night…”“’As friends,’ you said.”“Yeah, but I mean… most guys know what that really means – especially after I told you how much I owed you. And I left my bedroom door open. I actually waited there for you to follow me in. Then I came out into the living room twice in just my bra and panties and you didn’t make a move.”She sounded hurt and confused..