He watched me squirm for a few more seconds. “Listen baby. You don't have to worry. You know how much old Uncle Burton loves you and I'll never rat ...ou out. Still, it's going to be hard to keep your parents from finding out what kind of girl they've raised.” My eyes were both moist and it was all I could do to keep from sobbing. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder. “There, there, it's okay.”“Now Ainsely, honey, I hope you feel a little differently towards me since I'm willing to help you get. I was alternating between pacing and bouncing on my toes and had to talk myself down a bit. Mr. and Mrs. J. were cool. Everything would be okay. I could do this. It would be an adventure. I was just working a front desk. Still, the whole thing had an element of naughtiness and secrecy...a tinge of 'bad boy' and silence made the idea of the adventure shiny and exciting.I tiny smile curled up, unbidden, at the very corner of my lips.I couldn't wait. *I was supposed to report for my first day at. " Whoa?" sighed Alex, after he hurried over to her floor length mirror."Exactly!" smiled Kayla. "A lot better than just pass, pretty girl. Ithink you're a knockout, girl."Alex twisted his hips, amazed, as he mostly knew what he was wearing,but now realized how it actually looked on him. On his feet were opentoe, pale pink leather ankle boots that had black glittery laces andsome tiny silver charms hanging from them near the ankle bone. The thinheel did look really spikey, shining in a pink. It gets cold at night." Ok.... What's up?"He looked at my bulletin board. I had the new sonogram up. "Is that thebaby? Can I see it?" I handed it to him. "That is truly amazing. Thedetail. You can really see little Michael's face." Ha ha. What's up?" I was going to ask you the same thing," he said, throwing the ball upone last time and catching it backhanded."Huh? Something wrong with my work?" Not at all. But something's up lately. What's up?" He kept staring atthe sonogram then.