" Donna hugged the smaller woman again and followed Suzi out of Jessie's office.Suzi is a very attractive girl who has had a serious crush on Donna fo... months. "She is so perfect, beautiful, successful, and hotter than hell!" She told Jess, Ronnie, and anyone that would listen to her, on more than one occasion. But there was something that kept her from trying to be more than a salesgirl to her. Suzi wasn't shy, but there was a wall around Donna that didn't give her any indication a pass would. Self-assured." What do you think she'll do next year when she graduates?" Vera asked."She told me she wanted to work at the store and find a home here. She seems pretty sure she wants to live in this part of the country if she can. I'd be happy as hell to have her take over some day. She's bright and conscientious and would do us proud. It would be good for the town too, having one of our own come home and stay."Vera Reichart nodded. "I don't think there's any man in her life though." Not so. “In public, we are going to go out of our way to enact social situations that display the image we all set out to portray – an image that deflects any suspicion of either a father-daughter-BFF relationship or a mother-son relationship.“I have been jotting down ideas of things to do to promote that image, at least for myself. They include things like walking around the neighborhood holding hands with someone my own age or close, holding a neighborhood cocktail party to get to know our neighbors. We helped her pack and move all day long until the house was completely empty. We had worked all day and it was too late to drive the 5 hours back to my dads house so my mom offered to get us a hotel room for the night as she was staying with her boyfriend. As we were getting ready to leave the house and go get a hotel room for Frank and myself for the night, my moms friend Cheryl pulled into the driveway to see how things were going. Cheryl was supposed to be there earlier to help, but had to.