"I'll tell you what," said my mother. "I won't take them back but thatdoesn't mean you have to wear them. I'll just put them in your dresser. They'l... be safe there and no one else will find them. If you want towear them you can. And if you don't want to wear them, you won't haveto." I don't know mom." Its okay sweetie. I won't tell your father or Tony. This will be ourlittle secret."I leaned forward and hugged her before she could hug me."Thanks Mom. I love you so much. You don't know. "Steve leaned in close to Gwen and whispered, "One more word and I'll take you over my knee right now. Do you want your friends to see that?"Gwen gave Steve a surprised look and then suddenly broke into a big smile. "That's what I'm talking about! Don't let me go all goofy again. You're going to make a good boyfriend yet! Count me in. I can't wait to meet them. I sure hope that Monique Dorn doesn't make me look like a scrubwoman." Do you mean as you stand next to her, or as she portrays you in. .." Diane's voice lowered to a whisper, and she blushed. "... s-sex noises..."Heather's eyes widened. Her surprise was not in what happened, but that Diane had managed to come out and actually say it. Diane was that distressed over it."What's going on around here?!" Diane demanded in an urgent whisper. "Why is all this happening? You know something about it, don't you?"Heather fought a struggle in her mind. Keeping anything more from Diane was going to cause her a great deal of guilt. She had. John is very smart, did he manage to influence Mrs. Coleman, so that I would get a lighter sentence and I'm able to get out of jail faster? We did actually talk a few months ago about this situation and what might happen if we got caught ... John knows that they won't sentence him, but that his mental well-being will have a big influence on the final verdict... "Hmm..." the prosecutor didn't sound too pleased, he seemed intend on getting Alice locked away as long as possible.After he gathered.