”She looked puzzled. “I suppose they don’t need us,” she said, though she didn’t sound convinced of that.I grinned at her. “Exactly. Let t...em figure it out.”“What if they’re waiting for us?”“Lara knows we won’t be there.”“Okay. So how are we getting home then? Alice?”“Sadly no. She’s going to bring Tommy and Lara home after the warm up, to get dressed. You’re going to finally ride the bus!”She didn’t look as excited as I’d hoped. “Fantastic...”“Oh, it’ll be fun. Come on, it’s a riot in there.. Mike and Jenny watched as they walked three houses down and across the road. ‘‘Wow, I never thought of the Smiths being ... well I suppose that until the other day, I hadn’t ever thought about other people’s sexual preferences.’’ Jenny said, ‘‘I wonder ... do you think that Marian had also gone through the same experiences as us in the last two days with her parents?’’ Mike grunted, while Bernadette said, ‘‘I’m wondering how many more of our friends at school have secret lives, or their parents. Comment une fillesi belle, qui devait avoir tous les hommes ? ses pieds, pouvait-ellesimplement jeter un regard sur moi? J'?tais compl?tement sous le charmeet je trottinais ? ses cot?s comme un petit gar?on suivant sa maman.La deuxi?me fille se pr?nommait D?borah. Elle ?tait l'a?n?e, avait vingtans et ressemblait beaucoup ? sa s?ur, ? part quelques m?ches de cheveuxqui avaient des reflets roux. Elle portait quant ? elle un ensemble enjean incrust? de strass, avec des bottines ? talons.Alexie,. " I choked and asked Pam for a moment.As my tears flowed, I continued. "Her last words were, 'our love is eternal, Tom. I will never leave you. It's going to be okay.' Her eyes then closed and I felt her body relax as I held her tightly."I tried to restrain my tears but just couldn't and continued to cry softly. Pam came over and held my hand and cried with me.After a few minutes, I was able to compose myself. "I'm sorry for being so emotional. I've spent a lot of time crying alone the last few.