I ate some breakfast, in the nude, and then went out to the pool. I dove in for a quick swim and then got out, turned on some music, and laid in the ...un for some tanning.Probably after about 20 minutes I kind of dozed off but was brought back to reality when I heard talking coming from the house. My sister was saying that it looked like no one was home so they could spend time at the pool tanning topless if they wanted to. I panicked, didn't know what to do and didn't have anything to cover. "It can be changed! At least,I'm pretty sure it can," she added, a bit more uncertainly."Yes, but why do you think so?" Mr Thwaites was becoming impatient, whichmade Mandy panic a little. What did he want her to tell him? She racked herbrains frantically. She desperately wanted to give him the answer he wanted."I suppose I read it somewhere," she added. "It was in The Lancet orsomething." You read it in The Lancet?" Mr Thwaites asked incredulously."I think so," Mandy replied. She had never read. She liked it, and in a flash realised what her photos were missing. The human element! She'd gotten so used to taking photos of inanimate objects and of landscapes that she had forgotten to try to even it out with photos of people, going about their daily life, or perhaps in unusual situations.She took another look at the photo, and decided not to edit that one tonight. While the family of four was featured, it was still primarily a landscape shot, and she was in the mood for editing a more. " Me?" Melissa said in surprise."Are you telling me you weren't up here yesterday about this time?" No, I was here." An a boy came up here?" Yes, but he..." That was my brother," the girl said cutting Melissa off. "You hurt him." He ... he was going to hurt me!" Melissa said in defense, still not understanding how in the world she had hurt him.The girl's demeanor changed. "He tried to hurt you? Shit. What did he try?" No he didn't hurt me," Melissa said completely missing the meaning of the.