"The close-cropped blonde looked disbelievingly at David's girlfriend in her expensive car, a forced smile of concern on her red-painted lips, lips th...t had once been David's until this rich girl with her fancy clothes came along. Sure, I'm worried about you, all right, she said to herself, you could drop dead for all I care! You and all the rest of those Valley Farms swells! But Sally was not about to betray her real feelings to this stuck-up rich bitch, not on your life... she had something. They still did things with the family but never really spent any time alone together anymore. Amy was upset at first, but as she’s been hanging out with girls her age having sleepovers, talking about boys and other girly topics, she’s beginning to understand that it is good to not be together with her twin brother all the time. They are now eighteen and, while still close, have separate lives from each other. Tonight, Ben and Amy are on their way to John’s birthday party that they have both. I’ve found something but not enough.’ ‘Right…’ he said, his voice still tired ‘you’ll keep looking won’t you?’ ‘I will,’ I answered ‘but first I need a few answers, because it feels like I’m missing some important parts of the puzzle. I’m heading out to your aunt’s place, that’s where you are, isn’t it?’ ‘I’m on my way to work actually…’ Sean answered. ‘What? Are you crazy?’ I answered, my voice loud and panicky ‘You’re leaving Rose and your aunt alone out there?’ ‘Well, I didn’t really want. They would work long hours and then they would go out drinking together. Mary always felt like an outsider because she couldn't join the group; she always had to put in her eight hours and then hurry home to her second career as wife and mother. Because she felt that she needed to develop a rapport with her co-workers I agreed to come home early one night a week to watch the kids so she could go out with the group.For the first couple of months Mary would get home around nine and would want to.