Sunday morning she had visitors. Francesca and Iris were there to greether, bringing with them gifts from Thomas, Sam, Rebecca and Jessie.Both offered...her hugs and kisses while taking seats next to her.Francesca was on the verge of tears seeing her bandaged and in castswhile Iris tried to act strong. Reyna faked a smile and on her laptoptyped, "I guess I'm a girl now that I have what you have."That caused Iris to break down as Francesca corrected her pointing out,"You were always a girl. Those. If you hadn't come back..."Alex reached out and found Em's hand. "You're safe now." I know." She squeezed his hand appreciatively.He wanted to ask her about her attackers -- he couldn't get their faceless stares out of his head -- but he didn't know if she'd seen them, and right now he didn't want to do anything to make things worse for her. He figured they could just drive for a while. Driving helped him think, helped him figure things out.They'd gone almost ten miles when Em spoke."Elves."Did. I would be the target for whoever would walk by, and Illiana, Sally and Patrick would come with me to make sure nothing bad could happen to me and Illiana would film everything on her camcorder, so I could have a chance to see how I looked standing there. It would be the first time that I could see how I looked when I was on a dare. However, I also would make sure that at the end of the dare, I would get the tape, so I could destroy it. Well, that was the plan I had at that moment, but. Then she left us in our grief. I don’t like thinking about this part of my life. Mum’s funeral wasn’t the only one I had to attend. Sally Thomsett, a friend who had started at the factory when she left school at sixteen, died in hospital a few days later. They told us that she had suffered awful injuries and that her jeans had actually melted to her legs. The papers reported that nine people died in the fire, and that Mum had indeed not suffered. An electrical fault had caused a spark that.