"I wouldn't invite us after that spectacle this afternoon." That's where you and I differ, Bill," chuckled Betty. "I don't know exactly what precipita...ed your behavior, but I know you well enough to believe you felt you had a reason for your actions. Everyone will be hoping to be invited to our next wing ding once word of today gets out... and it will get out."I didn't know how to respond to Betty so I remained silent trying to determine if she was serious, or making light of the. I didn't know if we were supposed to be amateur shrinks or what.The period was more than half over by then, making it easy to cut class. Teah led Dan toward a wash room and to my surprise, Ben followed them."We all have Communications next," I reminded Adam, Crystal, and Nadia. "Shall we just walk slow and get there when the bell rings?" No great loss. I've just got study hall," said Nadia."I think we'll go back to gym," Adam decided, then he grabbed Crystal's butt and steered her down the. And here, on this day, for the first time since she’d lost Chad and her body had been broken, Ally accepted that, yes, it would be OK. It wasn’t OK right at this moment, but she had inherited the strength of her mother, and someday everything would be OK again. * * * * Sally Ann had driven Ally to Lois’s farm on her way to the market, and Ally opted to walk back to Angela’s house rather than wait for her in the car after the all-too-brief meeting with her mother in which Miranda seemed as lucid. "You and me both, Lilly. I've always dreamt but—" he shrugged his wide shoulders as if trying to dismiss the blush which crept back into his face. For a moment I thought he might say something else, but he just sort of let the silence hang there between us.At that moment, I wished I was better at snappy comebacks, but I couldn't seem to find one. I reached for my purse and fished out the keys to Joe's truck and passed them to him. He eyed me warily as I stood."I'm going to take a shower and go.