Kayla didn’t respond to the lack of comment from Sinja and continued. “You are a tough bitch, Sinja and frankly, you are the toughest in the enti...e Clan.”“You beat me, bitch…. That makes you the toughest.” Sinja answered sullenly.“No. You are much stronger than me, Sinja…. I know that. But you’re not too bright. All I did was outsmart you and beat you because I knew you hadn’t been eating well. Hell, Sinja… Your damn ribs are showing through your coat.”Sinja huffed in annoyance but kept. Keeping a wary eye on the fishing lines we sat down at the picnic bench again provided by the state and had a nice meal of the beef stew and freshly baked corn bread. Once supper was over I took my spinning rod further down the shore casting a lure out and retrieving it as the last light of day left the day and I was delighted when Sandra gave her lines to her father and joined me watching me fish. We,d moved about fifty yards down from the rest of our families and were enjoying each other,s. John rubbed her forehead with a rag and kissed the partially-cleaned spot. ‘I like the way you smell,’ he said, ‘but you would still be improved by a bath.’ ‘So would you,’ she replied, ‘and I don’t much like the odor of gasoline.’ ‘Want to save water and shower together?’ She lightly slapped both cheeks. ‘A bath, not a shower, and soaking for a while.’ ‘Well, it was my duty to ask, I figure.’ She soaked while he got everything out for dinner and he soaked while she cooked it in a bathrobe.. She screamed “what the hell is going on in here?” I didn’t know what to do or say, I jumped up and started to take off the dress when she said “stop right there Tom go to your room I will deal with you in a minute”. She stood there looking at me while Tom ran out to go to his room as fast as he could. After he was gone, she said “so just what are you supposed to be?” I didn’t say a word all I could think of was what was going to happen when she tells my parents. She said “answer me, do you want.