He realized that before he met her, his soul had been full of fear: that he had been actually afraid of his own vacillating and self-destructive natur.... Cecilia was important to him precisely because she refused to tolerate those weaknesses. Instead, she insisted that, whatever weaknesses he might have in his character, he was expected to overcome them.Jason moved on to talking about his sex life with Cecilia. He realized how much he loved striving to please her sexually, because when he. The peace of mind was worth it. Phoebegrew up with the magical belief that she was doing her share to keep hermom alive.Her mother always seemed so fragile under the surface. Other people sawher as this dynamo, as this strong, independent, dominating presence,taking charge, telling off-color jokes, poking holes in thepretentiousness of others. But Phoebe could tell that there was somethingfrighteningly brittle about her mom's bluff self-confidence, that hersense of her own infallibility rested. As they entered North Beach, Sarah asked about several attractions along the main strip and Dave promised her would take her to every one. They pulled into the campground and Dave was surprised at how busy it looked compared to just two days earlier. He pulled up to their trailer and Sarah was asking a hundred questions about the campground, his friends, and anything else she could think of. Dave was very happy to see her so excited.They got out of the car and his parents were sitting in lawn. Her one and only friend, that Luna knew of, was Becky who was also a bit of a social outcast. “Yeah I was going to, but she bailed on me.” She responded, putting the quart container back in the fridge and shutting it. “Damn that sucks, well maybe tomorrow then.” Luna said. “Yeah…hey do you know when mom and dad are getting home? I wanted to ask them if I could go over to Charlie’s.” she asked. Charlie was Riley’s boyfriend of at least two years, though, Luna wasn’t 100 percent sure when they.