Much to her sorrow, I neverwent through the extreme princess phase. In fact, I marched into myfirst day of preschool in my favorite pinstriped overal...s and carried aGI Joe lunchbox, which I had talked my dad in getting for me. He alwayswas a sucker for a few tears." For my mother, my 'tomboy' phase was a crisis. She totally freaked outwhen we were reading Cinderella, I made the comment I didn't like theCinderella character. I would rather be one of the dominantstepsisters."Jack shrugged and. "Don't ever put your hands on me again," Leah said quietly into his ear before letting go of his arm and taking a few steps back."You crazy bitch!" he wheeled around on her and shook his arm out a few times to try and get his shoulder to stop hurting. "You have no fuckin' idea what you just started."Leah didn't respond as she just stood there silently looking at him.He was breathing hard and his face was mottled red. Leah recognized the first physical signs of the adrenaline dumping into his. I told him to go ahead with the hearing then but only to change the wording so we could continue to run the company while they completed the audit.I walked back into my office and watched with a bit of a smirk on my face as both sides were arguing, Rick, Julie, Shannon and Jim looked relieved to see me smiling and I told them that we should let the lawyers handle this and we could go for lunch, as we walked to the elevator two men followed us into the elevator.When we walked into the restaurant. Dad declared a 'study free' day; since none of us had any homework due over spring break.Shannon asked if she could talk to me in her room. I felt bad about the day I'd gone off with Elizabeth. I was uncomfortable with the memory, so I agreed, even though I thought it might not be a good idea. Shannon's first words didn't help that feeling."I keep thinking about us," she said. "I know I must seem like a squirrelly bitch who can't make up her mind." You sound like someone who's not sure what she.