"Really? I wanna see her wearing it." She stood beside her sister Cindy."Don't look at me like that Francine I'm not as stupid as you think. I'mjust s...arting to realise that Cindy is our sister and sisters shouldshare everything, clothes, makeup and even boyfriends. How does takingher down The Ferry to get raped by horrible perverted ex-cons who haveno respect for women show her what it's like to be a girl?" How can you call IT a girl, or even our sister when she dresses in ourclothes behind. He went from table to table, talking quietly to my fellows, and my curiosity kept rising. At last, he came to ours."How goes it, guys?" he asked. "I hear the work's tough lately." Tough? These fellows don't know what tough is", said an older mechanic, sitting by me. "I could tell you stories..." Tough enough for me", I interrupted. "Must be nice not to have to break your pretty hands on the job and to come make light of us hard-working men while we have a pint, eh?" I couldn't hide my. He'd helped us with the computerization of our compound under the direction of an expert Andy had brought in."My lips are zipped, Pop."I didn't need to ask about Jeff, my youngest brother. He called me from time to time. I was helping with his tuition, too, but he also had an athletic scholarship. Jeff had averaged a perfect 4.0 his first year of college. I asked about him anyway."That boy will go far, Nicky. He's like you, a real brain." Listen, I called to invite you to a birthday party for. . . not a placeholder, not someone you can go to when it's convenient." "I never said that!" he snapped. His gray eyes blazed with lightning. "That's the problem!" she returned, now angry herself. "You never said anything!" x-x-x-x "Give my ticket to someone else." Lani didn't look up from her computer. She held the piece of paper out to Dee, who pointedly crossed her arms over her chest and refused to take it. "You still care," said Dee. "So what?" said Lani. "I don't want to go." It will hurt.