And a broken nose."He could see Dana from the corner of his eye. He could see her looking at him. She was seeing his irregular profile. She was trying...to stare through his shirt. Her hand was up and almost reaching toward him. Her eyes seemed to glisten even from where he sat."I guessed that it was bad. I wondered if you were hurt. But I never knew how badly," she said."Was your father punished for this?" Mike asked."He was a drunk. He wasn't a stupid drunk. Once the school called to find out. " Tell her Dan and I think she has beautiful children, too."On Tuesday, Susan and the children had taken Alissa on a tour of the inner harbor and the aquarium, and on Wednesday the four of them drove to Washington for a brief look at the nation's capital. It was Alissa's first time in Washington since her high school class' senior trip.On the way home after a long day in the District, Alissa told Susan that all the sightseeing had been fun, but that she'd prefer a lazy day on Thursday. "Or. The bell rang on Monday morning and it was time for my biology lesson. I strolled in and sat down on a stool. Miss Chasterty hadn't arrived yet and there was chaos in the classroom. A paper airplane suddenly hit me in the back of the head. I turned round to see Brogan, one of the popular kids, sniggering at me. I got up and started giving her a piece of my mind, and just as I did so, Miss Chasterty appeared. "Miss Tuck, what do you think you are doing?" she yelled. "Stop shouting at Brogan and. I was scared shitless. I thought of all the bad things that my mom would do the second she would find out about all the things I’ve said. So in fear, I put my phone in hiding for a couple of days. Then somehow I slept.Next day when I woke up, everything seemed fine. But I was still damn scared. Then I went to school and back. Then the next day too nothing happened and when I came back from school, I somehow got the courage of switching on my phone. When I opened up my net, I saw her message. I.