.. I wasn't sure. I mean, she had been engaged... in fact; I was still wearing her ring. I wasn't sure. Maybe she hadended the engagement because she ...as a lesbian. I just didn't know.Then, there was Monica ... I hoped that she wasn't a lesbian, becauseeven before this morning I had had a sexual fantasy or seventeen abouther. I really wanted her. And, it seems like she was very comfortablearound me. She was very comfortable with her sexuality, and how shechose to express it. But when it came to. “In Matucket!” I smiled and nodded. Kelly was trying to hold in her laughter.“Is there a problem?” I asked. I knew there would be.“My father is going to be the chief of police my senior year in high school! You don’t think that’s going to be a problem?”“It won’t be a problem for me,” I told her.“Not for me, either,” added Kelly, openly laughing.“Shit!” Riley at least had the decency to look embarrassed after saying that. “Sorry.”“That’s alright. You’ll hardly notice the change.” I waited a few. Phillip's usually amicable countenance darkened slightly, but only for a moment."In all those years of being bullied, didn't anyone stronger ever intervene on your behalf?" Yeah ... a few times." That's what you would be doing for us. Intervening for the greater good." But only once did it involve violence, the other times all it took was talk." Yes, but the talk was backed up by a credible threat of violence." Right, so what you're saying is that the more power one has, the less likely that. She called the girl and told what she had and sent her off with a prescription. Then there was this frightening silence in the room which was broken by a pt that had come for phototherapy. Then Kiran left the room to the next room were the phototherapy machine was, to set the machine, which was by the way the work of interns. But she seemed to be disgusted with me so much she didn’t even feel like telling me that. After that she returned to the room, looked at me, and said “Raghavan, you are.