“Just what I said. By ghosts, you know?” said Helen. She was a senior, tall and pretty. Laurie was a freshman and she felt like a dwarf standing n...xt to the tall, lithe girl. “Everyone on campus knows. That’s why nobody wants to live here. Why do you think the rent is so cheap?”“You live here,” said Laurie. “I’m moving out once I find someone to take over my part of the lease. I thought I could stand it here, but I really can’t. Elaine was my last roommate and she moved out at the beginning of. And I had been plucked from the darkness. I walked toward the screen enclosure and she walked to the screen door. We made small talk and she asked if I was going to the party. Everybody in the neighborhood was. I told her I had an extra ticket if she wanted to go. And she paused. "Assuming you're over twenty-one." "I'm over twenty-one," she squeaked. I knew that was a lie, but I didn't care. She said it. Turned out she was eighteen. Barely eighteen. I gave her my number and. ”“I'll ask my brothers and brother in-laws Mrs. Thompson for your kind offer.” Even said.“See what a wonderful woman your mother is. In the middle of your whoring ways she offers Evan's family an education. You should be more like her. Now get out now.” Dad shouted.I headed for the front door walking out side with Evan following close behind me. “I'm sorry you had to go through all that.” Evan said once out side. “You better have a few more pills to settle your nerves Alice.” Evan. I tried to sleep but every time I closed my eyes, I thought about how big he was and I could hear him saying, naughty girls don’t get to cum without permission. The next morning, I woke up frustrated after the horrible sleep I had gotten, or more lack of sleep. As I pulled myself together sliding on a tank top and some shorts, I headed downstairs to see Daddy sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. I walked past him not saying a word, hoping he wouldn’t say.