“You both can take a seat on the couch.” She said. She pointed to her big black leather couch.We both walked around her wooden coffee table. I s...t on the right side. Craig sat on the left. We kept the middle seat cushion open. I looked back up. Mrs. Grove was licking her fingers clean. She than gulped half of her white wine. “Please excuse me. I’ll be right back.” She said. We watched as she walked toward her kitchen. She tossed out the empty taco bag. She washed her hands. She. ” She replied.The subtle pause went right past me, so I carried on and we had a pleasant dinner and a round of Cards Against Humanity, without needing to stifle our language or content. She had won, and we all shared a good laugh. We stood up and proceeded to the TV room where her husband, John, put on the basketball game and began to watch it. Cara sauntered over to me, and kind of got quiet and put her head down a little and smiled. I smiled too watching her, always having a soft spot for her. Sandy's Coach took the girl by the hand and moved her in front of Sandy. Sandy was mortified and promptly looked away. Clearing his throat loudly, Sandy's Principal said, "Miss Winters, I want you to meet Karen. Beginning this morning, Karen will be your companion for the next few weeks. Karen, rather than myself will assist you with your daily needs, until I say otherwise. Do you understand, Miss Winters?"Sandy found herself unable to look up at Karen due to her extreme embarrassment. The. He wandered up to the pool deck, and found Freaky swimming in his pool, as usual for this time of day. He sat at the patio table and helped himself to the orange juice that was in the pitcher, pouring it into a clean glass, and waiting for Freaky to finish.Something seemed a little off about the way Freaky was swiming, he seemed to be skim- -ming through the water, and he was swimming faster that he had ever seen him swim before. Faster than it seemed it was even possible. Steetch settled back,.