"I hope that helps you finish, Cindy," she said over her shoulder.God, I wasn't sure if I hated or loved that woman. What a bitch, and Imean that in a...good way. Five minutes later I stepped out of thebathroom, drying my hands and still flushed with the pleasure, ready totackle the task at hand.The sight of the clothes on the bed brought me back to earth, like apunch to the gut. It really did feel like a hit to the stomach. It wasthe feeling of doing something wrong. You know, like when. "Son of a BITCH!" I exclaimed. Today couldn't get any worse. Finally, the light turned green and I floored it to work. I made my way into Jefferson High School. The luminescent florescent lights going past my head in straight lines, I was walking so fast. I only wanted to get there because today was a block day. Meaning sixth period would come sooner. The sooner sixth period came, the sooner I could see Samantha Jackson. This girl was the epitome of beauty. She had long, gorgeous, curly blonde. "Oh, has my big brother been a naughty boy and spent the night with his girlfriend? I hope you made him sleep on the couch Sarah," she teased."Certainly not Jenny. Did you think I would pass up the chance to cuddle a teddy bear in bed?" I was glad Sarah could respond in kind to Jenny's remark."Where's mother?" I mouthed silently in case she was within earshot. I expected her to be getting ready for church at this time."They're both in their bedroom," Jenny replied, still smiling. "They came. I mostly worked either the yard or the “green chain” where the lumber was all rough and splintery. We got thick leather gloves and aprons of the same leather from the company store. Kinda cool, that, when you’re eighteen or nineteen.We nodded and said hello, but he was already on the clock, so we didn’t stop to talk. I stashed my leather apron and gloves into his locker (as a summer worker, I didn’t rate my own locker). Then I headed for the house. As tired as I was, I liked those the early.