What was running through his mind was the fact that Smith knew the twins didn’t like him, and that Smith had a piece of information that could ruin ...hings even more than he had ruined things already. It was inevitable, based on what she had been doing with him, that she would see him again. It was also inevitable, in Robby’s mind, that he would tell her what he had seen. At the same time, he hadn’t seemed offended or outraged by what he’d caught them doing, and that seemed odd somehow too. His. Mom felt so embarrassed having her big fanny pointing up almost smiling up to the officer. The officer spent some time arranging Mom so that her bottom was right where he wanted it. He told her how disappointed he was in her, letting her daughter drive without a permit, allowing her to speed, etc. He repeated the same thing he said to Beth, "This is going to hurt me more then it will you." Who did he think he was kidding? Mom thought that by being in great shape she could outlast anything this. Too bad she thinks it’s too cheap to go for the ‘reach for the same book’ ploy. He’s not reaching for anything. She’s just standing there by default, in her own world, now looking at neither the books nor the man, just thinking. She wishes for a fan or a handkerchief to drop. The idea of her purse crashing to the floor, large enough to store small appliances and heavy enough to cause bursitis, makes her smile. He turns to face her and she’s staring in blue eyes now, not just wondering what it. The box also contained oldlady corsetry, petticoats, dresses and coats. He wondered why on earthanyone would wear this stuff. He turned to repack the clothes when he wasstruck by an unaccountable desire to try the things on. That would besilly he reasoned but the urge stayed.His parents were away and they trusted the 16 year old to look afterhimself, he was quite a big lad and, truth be told, quite a bully atschool. Given that no one would know what he was up to, he gave way tohis odd impulse.