They have pointed things outthat Ithought I was masking well. They'll say little things to me like "youhave such a pretty face for a guy" and follow ...p with questions aboutwhat I use. I just tell them that I'm lucky to have good genes.They've even commented on my brows saying I look like I shape them,which I do. But I didn't want to admit it then.One time one of the girls asked if I was wearing purfume. She wasright. I had spritzed what I thought was a little bit of ChanelGabrielle in the. No woman liked being raped or knowing a sadistic rapist was living near them.Dr Von West had linked Syd’s description with some old news items, about a rapist that killed his victims after raping and torturing them for weeks. The dead all had burn and bites marks all over their bodies, the same as she had found on Tahoora Aabdar.Doc Von was happy to let everyone see the articles, especially when Tahoora said she didn’t mind them knowing what had happened to her. She preferred they knew the. . rapists..." Tears filled her eyes. "Why, Atrus ... Why do I have to endure this humiliation?!"Atrus stroked her hair softly as she lay her head on his chest. "But it's past, Anna. Let it go! Don't let your past control you." But I can't..." She replied meekly. "Forever I'll be damned to remember this..." She looked into his eyes. "I ... I still have the trauma ... Tell me, Atrus ... Tell me I'm not crazy..." Anna, don't say..." Tell me!" She cut him off. "Please, Atrus ... Just don't lie to. You sat with me in the cafeteria and kept me occupied. You let me walk you home from play-practice and you studied with me. You even invited me to Megan's party, all while everyone else blamed me for knocking Buzz on his ass." You did that for me because you thought he was hitting on me. Don't tell me you didn't," she said, accusingly.She was right. I didn't try to argue with her. "I may have been wrong about that," I admitted.Trisha's mother's house was in the same neighborhood where Greg.