He sat beside her and they played a couple more rounds, and she asked, “I’ve seen you here before.”Robert replied, smiling, “I’ve seen you t...o, but I could never get your attention.”Sylvia replied “Well, you have it now!”“Good” as he winked at her, “I always did like you, would you like to go get a coffee at the donut shop down the road”?“Sure” she said, “I’ve had about enough of this place for tonight.”They left the Bingo hall and got into his car, and drove to the coffee shop nearby, and. " When did they meet each other?" she wondered aloud. "You said something about the other day?"He nodded. "Yes. I think it was Tuesday. I'm sure it was, because I'd been over on the mainland most of the day and she was leaving as I pulled into the carport. And that was the day before yesterday."Gwen shivered. "She never mentioned him to me at all. Until last evening, when she said she'd met a boy on the beach and he'd invited her to a party. He came into the house after he brought her home last. "What didyou guys want to do today?" Mindy said it was okay for me to go swimming," Leslie said immediately."But I forgot my bathing suit." Susie's big announcement had occupied mostof her thoughts, especially since she'd had no idea how to react."Same here," Caroline added. "Really should have one in the car when I'maround you guys." It's okay, nobody can see into our pool," Susie said, and there was abrief wave of not-quite-awkwardness when the other girls realized thatthey actually didn't. Yet it wasn’t over was it. Neither of us had told the other that we didn’t want to see each other again and so I hung on to the belief that we were still an item.I walked into my mother’s shoe shop one afternoon and was immediately faced with questions as to why I was not with Aronwen or at the swimming pool. In fact, I had left the swimming pool early and told everyone I was going home and that I was tired. The truth was that I couldn’t face the way she cavorted with my friends in front of me;.