"Can I ask you something?", he said and she nodded. "What's the deal with your friend?" Which friend? Peter? I told you he is gay..." He cut her befor... she could finish her sentence."No. I mean Angela"."What about her?" Georgia was serious when she looked at him. She didn't like to talk about her friends with people she didn't know and more specifically she had no intention to talk about Angela."Don't get me wrong but the girl is a mystery", he explained. When Georgia didn't speak, he was. It worked more often than not for me, and it worked this time, too.Besides, just sitting and watching Molly while she was otherwise occupied was pleasure enough for me.So there I sat, not paying any attention to what was being said, letting their voices wash over me while I contentedly watched Molly's skin flush with anger, when she suddenly reached out and grabbed the paper sack that held my purchase from the floor."Hey!" I shouted, reaching for the bag a fraction too slowly. Molly opened the. She listened and made comments to anything that Allison tried to say to Charlie.So ended the sweet young lady's FIRST real attempt to enter the ranks of WOMANHOOD! Her fertile imagination however was already coming up with other ways that this could be accomplished!Episode 2Allison McCleary's first date with Charles Ashworth Pennington had not ended as either of them had anticipated nor desired! Charlie had ended up in the hospital where he had to remain for nearly a week before he could be. The end of it is, yo' Aunt Josephine and Aunt Lucille and Aunt Frances don't want you and Stepper together 'round hyah. And they ask me to tell you they don't think it's safe, you runnin' round in shantytown."Stepper broke in excitedly, "Speedy, I'll meet you up by Saint Patrick's church from now on, won't nobody--" Now, Stepper!" Uncle Robert said firmly. "Please, child. You heard what I say." The big old man turned to me. "I'm really sorry, Mister Speedy."I said, feeling very staunch and.