”“Interesting.”“What are Angie’s next steps?”“All we can do is wait and see.”“What about work, school, and church?”“We think chu...ch is good for her, and I’ve had a lengthy conversation with Father Stephen about his pastoral care for her. School and work are out of the question for the foreseeable future.”“That’s only going to agitate her even more.”“We really don’t have any options given the mix of drugs she’ll be on for the foreseeable future.”“Will you be able to wean her from them?” I. That boy was gone, think goodness, and the hair ladies smiled andsaid hello to me. Even though they were cutting other kids hair, theystopped and told me to come and look in the mirror; I hadn't really donethat before. I stood on one of the empty chairs, and the lady that had cut my hairheld me, and pointed at the mirror and said what a pretty little girl wasinside it, and I giggled because I thought there was one there too, agirl with curlier hair and with little pigtails, puppy-dog-ears,. And yet, wouldn't I look just as beautiful wearing it? Iwasn't really interested of course, but I made a mental note of thelabel name and where it might be stocked - House of Fraser, ?199.95.That was a lot of money. I rarely spent that kind of money on a singlepiece of clothing. Most of my shopping was at River Island and Next. Iglanced at the dress again and sighed. It was very, very pretty.And then as another ten, fifteen, twenty minutes went by with no sign ofthe doctor, I flicked through. "Nervous?" she denied, although her shaky tone proved that was a lie. "Why would I be nervous?"The last girl their row got up and left. Sarah had a free period after gym, so she never hurried to get out of the locker room. Yes, if some of the other girl's suspected that she was enjoying the show they'd probably beat the crap out of her, but Brenda and the others had kept her secret safe. Well, mostly."Because you are," said Tina. Her tone of voice made Sarah melt inside as she said, "Take off.