The students should have been gone by now. I looked over at the door. It was one of the seniors, Kerry, wrapped in a towel, her strawberry blonde hair...pulled back in a pony tail. I went over to the door and opened it. "Anything wrong?" I asked."Can I come in?" she asked."Uh, sure," I said holding the door open. Kerry entered and sat in the chair in front of my desk. I went around and sat in the chair. "What is it?" I asked.Kerry looked down at her hands, which drew my eyes down. The gym towels. Bethany told me not to do it if I had any qualms about the girls’ motives. I don’t. But I do have them about yours. You should have talked to me about all of this, Kara. I don’t want you to feel guilty about anything!”“But I do! You were so looking forward to your trip and you cut it short because of me. You were looking forward to living with me and I changed my plans! I broke my word to you about that!”“I’d say you had good cause to make that decision. Did I get upset with you? Did I. Juicy gossip was the main reason. And if you didn’t show up they might just be talking about you. Mark, my younger brother had left for school already, and Papa always left before the crack of dawn. I had the house to myself till eleven when my shift would start. The events of the previous evening still played in my head. That toolbox, I couldn’t let it go. I needed for some reason to see what Papa found so exciting. After Momma left and I had cleaned up my breakfast dishes, I headed down. Happily we left our apartment and walked past the pool. I could feel the jiggle of my breasts as I walked holding Brad’s hand. There were still one or two in the pool, and I noticed that two or three couples were having dinner beside the pool. Our restaurant turned out to be in another league from anything else in the resort. Indoor and outdoor fine dining beside a landscaped water feature. We sat outside and were given our menus by a cute young local girl who didn’t even seem to notice my.