Mom made sure we knew their new room was very well insulated or soundproofed. I knew they had not gotten a new bed and the old one they had squeaked l...udly when I was just sitting on it.Unlike Paula, or even Annie, Crystal just seemed to belong here like she had lived here all of her life. We slowly went around the house to check to door locks and then went on back up to my room. Inside she went over and flipped a light switch I had not noticed before. There were some noises up in the ceiling. "This is my nosy sister, Elise. She met everybody else at the airport," I said."Don't make me sound bad, Alan! Everybody talked about Cindy, so I just had to meet 'er." To Cindy she said, "Baby, you're a doll!"That's the first time I saw Cindy stopped in her tracks, and it was only for a fraction of a second, then she said, "Thank you, Mizz Elise!" and hugged her. "Does this mean my sisters talked about me?"Tina smiled. "We told Elise you were the ringleader." I'm noooot," Cindy said. "All of. ” We had another drink and by the time we left the rain was pouring down. I pulled up the collar of my jacket and got ready for the run home. Bella did the same but before she dashed off she said, “Come and have dinner with me tomorrow.” “Where?” “My place, it’s on the third floor, door number three. Come by around eight.” “Okay, see you then.” I watched her run across the street to her door and when she was inside I took a deep breath and ran back to my place. **** I wasn’t sure what to. Und so kam ich auf die Idee.Hintergrund: nicht alle, mit denen wir gelegentlich teilen, die also auch auf einer Wellenlänge sind, kennen sich und wissen voneinander. Was also, wenn die, die Interesse daran haben, voneinander wüßten?Die Idee war folgende: statt einen Gruppenchat mit Klarnamen ins Leben zu rufen und sozusagen mit der Tür ins Haus zu fallen, wollte ich es langsamer angehen und schauen, was und wie es sich entwickelt. Zu jeder Person, die ich auswählte, hatte ich - oder auch mein.