"Send her a box of razor blades," I replied evenly. "Tell her if she's serious to go longways. If she's not serious then she should leave you the fuck...alone."Julie stared at me."When did you get so unfeeling?"I gave a mirthless chuckle. "About five years ago," I said as I left the room.Julie did go to L.A., of course. I hadn't doubted for a moment that she would. In fact, she was gone for the airport before I got up the next morning. She left me a note telling me she would call me when she. . dinner. It was heavy on the beef and other things, but conscious that the average person gains a pound a day on a cruise, I took small portions and left plenty on the plate. Bill, of course, hoovered everything down. Boys will do that with food. If he could have, he probably would have licked the plate.We made idle chit-chat with our table companions, and then, reluctantly, it was time to leave. Mom and Dad were going to some place forward for drinks and a Broadway play. My sister was meeting. She opened her mouth and let his fingers through.“Coat your lips around my fingers, Hasna..that’s it. Now suck them,” Rohan whispered. She started sucking his fingers in her mouth. He was pulling his fingers in and out partially, getting them wet.Later, he kept his fingers inside of her mouth and played with her tongue which made her smile.Then he started pulling his now-wet fingers outta her mouth. He fully pulled them out. They were shining in the sunlight.“Part your headcover, Hasna, and. Yeah. Okay. Sure. I can do that.”“Are you okay?”“Yeah. Sure. Fine. You just took me by surprise. I’m good. Hug me again?”Oh, shit!Thirteen schools competed in the sectionals at Northrop. One of the schools didn’t field a full team, so there were only twelve teams competing. Nonetheless, the top runner from the school that didn’t have a full team came in 17th and won a position at regionals. Any individual placing in the top forty got a berth at regionals. The top five teams advanced. 10.