You always pick the same costume, every year.” I shook my head and rolled my eyes as I pushed passed him.“You can be such a bitch Kelly!” he sai... bitterly to me.“It’s going to Christmas, just for one night can you pretend to like one another?” Martha interrupted.“Okay, Blondie,” Joe smiled. “Truce?” he said as he wrapped one arm around Martha, then offered me his hand.I looked over at my friend who was looking like a lost puppy in the pet shop. “Fine, I can pretend for one night.”We followed. She almost strained something trying not to laugh."That's NOT what I meant, Lane Chesley!" she said, trying to remain serious. "I simply meant that I did not know how you might go about meeting my granddaughter. I knew she was cleaning a house for somebody that my niece set up for her. So you met her in that circumstance?" Exactly," Lane said. "At first I had to pry every word out of her to carry on a conversation over what I wanted done. She performed well. Beyond expectations. We got used to. The two bigger guys had their back to her, so they didn't notice her approach. When the smaller guy was shoved roughly against the wall, however, he looked up with wide, scared eyes that went from one bully to the other before flitting on Allison. Recognition registered on his face at the same pace as it registered in Allison's head, and then he quickly looked away. Tanner.The two jerks must have missed Tanner's reaction at seeing Allison, because they still appeared unaware of her presence.. Mom shook her head and told me to do it exactly as I had been. So I showed her again and this time I touched Rachel’s, slit.Mom then explained about sexual touching which was what I had been doing, even thought it was washing her, the two things a very close thing and something so innocent could turn in a second, she continued with what happened to the woman’s body and why it happened.She then asked what Rachel had done to me, Rachel having done it once didn’t hesitate this time and started.