He pushed one of the levers forward a little and the craft moved forward down the beach. He slid the lever forward a little more and it increased spee.... Soon he had left the three standing on the beach behind. He turned the wheel and the craft turned out over the water, which it glided over just as easily as the ground. He returned to the three and slid the lever back to its stop. The vehicle stopped and just hovered. On a guess, he pushed the black button again and just as he had hoped, the. I wanted to do something, but all the advice I had been given said to be patient. I wasn't a patient kind of girl.There are some things about which you have no choice whether to be patient or do something. Your twenty-first birthday will come twenty-one years after you are born; no sooner and no later. The Fourth of July celebration will come on the Fourth of July; no sooner and no later. You may have an anticipatory celebration, but it isn't a Fourth of July celebration. Eighteen years after. I need someone to talk to so I'm going over to Joyce's for a while." I told you you were grounded. That means no going out! Especially to talk with that nosy witch next door! Now get back in your room until you're ready to apologize!"Her dad was now standing in front of her, towering over her, shouting. She was more afraid of him now than ever before in her life. She was also angry. If she backed down now, he'd be running her life forever. Betty thought that this was what had driven her mother. If it was working for him, why would he change? Unlike Tomas, he had a decent relationship with his sisters, so he didn’t have that motivation. Because Patrick was always cool with me, I just let it go. He was more brother than friend and I was used to dealing with Jeff, so getting along with Patrick was actually pretty easy.Anders and Eva had come to cheer us on and Anders spent the entire eighteen holes drinking beer. I noticed that he got a bit nasty when he was drunk. That didn’t strike me.