Just calm down and don't fret yourself over it. I'm home now and I brought some strawberries from the Farmer's Market that we can have for dessert. On... of the girls in the office said they got a new shipment in, so I picked some up on my way home." Pet nodded and looked up into my eyes, smiling and silently thanking me for understanding. She laid her head on my shoulder and cried some more, this time tears of gratitude. Gratitude that no matter what happens during the day, no matter what. He and Doris looked the same as when I had seen them last, and Claudia, now eighteen, hadn't changed much either, but Cassie, Wow! I couldn't keep my eyes off of her.After putting away two hamburgers, corn or the cob and a gallon of iced tea, Cassie and I took a walk. She said she wanted to show me the soccer field and for appearance sake, we took a ball."Claudia has a new boyfriend," she said as soon as we were outside the building."Do you have a boyfriend?"Cassie shot me a look that was. The warm weather and the bikini brigade had the young men interested, and frustrated. They had all been spoken to about being careful about everything from star-fuckers to STD's. They also talked about media outlets hiring "Annie's" to help get a story. The cry of "loose lips sink ships" hung in the locker room and was shouted by the coaches and captains constantly. Baseball has called these women "Baseball Annie's" for years, long before the Annie character surfaced in the Bull Durham movie.. I thought it best before it leads to an unnecessary confrontation so we returned to our chairs at the bar and listened to the music. Meanwhile, the Thai chimpanzees gave each other a high five and started playing pool. Thus it was a cheap strategy to not wait too long knowing that the girl is an amateur and will take a little longer to finish the game. We paid for the drinks; n went towards the Chao Phraya river front. All this while the Priya I knew had completely vanished and I had an.