"THAT is a good reason, I tan a lot too. Kinda goes with the whole bodybuilder image. What? Didn't know black guys could tan? Not the first white...guy who didn't know that. You wanna hit the beach with me tomorrow? I'm alone here now and it'd be nice to have someone to talk with."This puzzled me, where were all the friends he had been talking to earlier, or his implied girlfriend? I asked him about this and he said"They are mostly going to a wedding of some friend of a friend of theirs,. "Alex said, "There's another thing we could use the money for, and that's the house. We need to get the grounds in shape — I know we're working on Tom's Project List like a bunch of slaves, but it's a big job. We want a sauna, we want to see if the swimming pool is useable, and we really need to replace the outer wall downstairs with some sliders or something. Oh, and sometime we ought to think about some better furniture." I'm not so sure your folks would really like the idea of putting our. I must ring Mum too but I'll go and make my bed while you phone the school."Everyone moved. Wendy had hardly put the telephone down when it rang. She answered it."Wendy dear, it's Poppy. I heard and saw the ambulance. Was it for Theresa?" Yes, Poppy. She's dead." Oh, Wendy, you poor things. She left a letter with me for Bill. I'll put it through the letter box in a few minutes. I don't imagine there's anything I can do but let me know if there is later." Thanks, Poppy. I'll keep an eye out for. And I remember the fear that came with that knowing, the terror that what I was doing wasn't right, wasn't fair. And the farther I had tried to look into the future to see what would happen, the fuzzier the little silvery pieces had gotten. So I just tried my best.I could not fix Lauren's life, or Courtney's life, or Lisa's life. I tried to do something. Courtney Collins was a host on a gab-fest called "The View," now. I couldn't restore her family and friends, and I didn't think I had the.