I purposely told in front of the group that she was not up to the mark… She was shocked since it was an unexpected response from her favorite teache...…After this group was over, she asked me if I could speak to her in private for a brief period…. I agreed and she asked me what the issue…was I told her I was happy but she could do better… gave her my number and asked her to message me later and we will discuss…. She immediately left.. Messaged me later and we started our conversations… I picked. I was fifty-seven; a chooser I was never gonna be. Even Anna was fifty. Was she just settling for me? I figured she was.And, the biggee, was she still going to be on speaking terms with my enemy? And would that be making a difference if she was. Did I have the balls to dare tell her who she could be friends with? Yeah, she was upset about what she heard, but not near as upset as I was—read insane with rage! No, no, not nearly as upset as I was!Well, I had a little advice I was going to be. ?Good boy,? she said endearingly. It was the cream on top of this whole embarrassing experience. Then Kelly walked away.I don’t remember if Collin said anything to me or not afterwards. I left with little eye contact, as I couldn’t explain to him. How could I tell him that had actually made me want her more? I didn’t get it myself. She’d humiliated me, and that just asserted her control over me all the more.During class that day, I was assaulted with many looks. Most were snickering,. WHAT PARTY? Dee began to worry about what naughtiness they had in mind for her.When Gayle and Dee went inside they only had a few minutes to wait before Martin came crashing through the front door with arm loads of shopping, most of which appeared to be booze of some description. Martin dumped his shopping in the hall and ordered Dee to get it ready for tonight. ‘But what’s happening tonight?’ ‘Well it has been a while since we had our friends over for cards so we decided to invite them over.