"All through high school she tried and tried and kept trying to no avail. Then graduation came and he went back east to some big school and life moved...on. Wendy eventually met you. She loves you Frank. Don't ever doubt that. I can't even remember how many times she has told me how happy she ha been since she met you." How can I believe that Joyce? How can I possibly believe that after reading this letter? How can she possibly care for me as much as you say she does when she is stabbing me in. .." Jamesmuttered."We'll see about that!" Leighton waved her hand and a kitchen drawerslammed open, causing James to jump once more."It's just an old house..." James said to himself. "An old house withcreaky counters and drawers that open themselves..."The kitchen began to shake as the lights started to flicker. Lightsthat shouldn't work because the electricity was cut ages ago. James hadonly one thing on his mind."This place really is haunted! I'm outta here! Screw the contest!"James quickly. Since granny’s fall our lives have taken on a rhythm of school, home, chores and then relax for a movie.No one seemed to know or notice that Alice is pretty except me. She stood only 5 feet tall with a well rounded build. Alice had always been very modest and dowdy in her choice of clothes; I guess that could be due to being raised by an elderly woman all her life. She wears baggy clothing to conceal her substantial bosom and long skirts to hide her legs. She even wears her hair in a bun and. I took it in my hands and gave it awelcoming squeeze. I thought it was much the biggestone I’d ever touched, though it behaved the same asthe others I’d met, standing up and demanding all theattention it could get. But I had to let it go asTony wriggled the hem of my slip up over my waist andpulled it over my head. And then he held it therewith the tangled silk pulled tightly over my facelike a mask and my arms trapped inside it. Behind thethin material I was glad to have some.