"Jade spilled a little laugh. "You're not stupid." And then she detailed how it would actually be a lot of fun getting to spend a long weekend reconne...ting with her stupid brother.Anna looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "How can you dare to deny that? You should take your pastels, and make me lots of beautiful snapshots."Of course I couldn't. Nor did I want to. The idea of lazing around nature and just doing some cool drawings was quite appealing. Anna was eager to help me pack, days in. ‘This is the girl I’ve been seeing out there for a month. Look at the photo.’ Marion took it and saw what my eyes had viewed in horror just a few hours ago. Two girls in bathing suits, each with one arm across the other’s shoulders, smiling into an old Kodak camera. The writing on the back said: Two crazy sisters! Marion and June, August 1954 ‘The taller girl, which is you, is in every way the girl I’ve been seeing. Her face, hair, her figure, legs, it’s all you. And the thing is, Marion, I’ve. “What happened, where did he go?” I asked. I fought against my feelings, but kept losing.“He was catching me up, I think he saw I was phoning, so I went up to a house, up to the door, and when he saw me ring the bell and I didn’t have a key he came after me, up the path, so I took his photo and then I posted my phone through the letter box. The flash went, so he knew I’d got a photo of his face.”“Then what?”“He called me a fucking bitch and ran off. I thought he was going to hit me, but he. “Wow ... she’s really in love with you, isn’t she? And you’re falling for her like a lead balloon. I can just tell. She reacts to your touch as if it’s the best feeling in the world. She’s completely smitten! Oh, sorry, Master ... I just had to tell you that kind of good news! For you ... and for her!” Brenda reacted to my body language and Satya’s before shutting up from embarrassment.“Yes, well, for now, I need you to take a shower. Clean up a bit. And then ... then we’ll see. Gotta get that.