I glanced at my full length mirror on the wall, my amber eyes twinkling back at me as I quickly combed my fingers through my long, wavy red hair. “...aybe I can talk my way out of this one.”I grabbed my black satchel filled with my books and quickly ran from my dorm room to Mr. Allen’s class. I attempted to quietly open the door and slip inside, but Mr. Allen’s green eyes lit up the moment he spotted me sneaking into the room. I breathed in deeply as I heard the annoyance in his voice.“Well,. Her bright blue eyes sparkled like a young girl's and, he thought, she acted like a new bride!"It's so hot... how about some cool drinks!" Carrie felt like a new bride. She could no longer suppress the strength of her feelings about Ike. Every time her eyes met his, she shivered with delight. How... she wondered, could her daughter Tricia be so unhappy married to such a strong young boy? Her extreme pleasure had outweighed her guilt and there was no denying it!Reluctantly, Jamie agreed to have. I handed her my phone."Call him now, lets see where it rings," I suggested."What," he answered all out of breath. I motioned to her, so Helen handed me the phone."Jack it's Maxine, how far are you from home?" I asked."I don't know," he said. He might have been desperate sounding, if he weren't so worn out."Are you on her trail or just looking?" I asked."I'm looking for her," he said."Jack come on back let's get a tracker dog out there. You have likely done all that you can to find her in the. " He got up and went outside with Chaz. Rachel and Michiko went to their car."Dad, can you give me a hand?" Mum asked Rob. Then she turned to me: "You get Sarah and Al down here. I'm sure there's a gift for Sarah.There was. Rachel gave her a beautiful kabuki doll. Mum got a book on Japanese gardens. Dad got a (dead) rhinoceros beetle in a lucite box. And I got a copy of Yasuda's Treasury Of Japanese Folk Tales, in an edition with both Japanese and English."Wow!" I said."Will you learn some.