He had no doubt she meant it.Grace saw that her answer satisfied Mac. But it didn’t satisfy her. Holding back was just as bad as lying, wasn’t it?...��I heard part of the conversation, though, but if I share it with you, it will hurt you,” she said softly.Mac stared down at his feet. “Sometimes honesty hurts, but it beats keeping secrets from each other.”Grace bit her bottom lip and said, “I’m not the first woman of yours that Marcus has desired. But apparently, Louise didn’t feel the need to break. Half-way through the class period the professor yelled something inarticulate and fled the room. Suddenly the whole class was talking. The consensus was that Professor Rohn was having a nervous breakdown. If only they knew the truth.Matt and Molly went back to her apartment to get ready to go to La Porte for the weekend. Jade was released to stretch, use the bathroom, and eat. Matt called his mother and told her he would be later than usual because he had several stops to make along the way. He. "Good ... that's good. What's your name?"A second chip was held to her lips ... she sucked in greedily. When it was gone she said, "Andrea." There was more ... oh ... yes. "Koenigsknecht." Bless you!"Her brain was trying to wrap itself around another name ... Slagle ... but he was gone ... she started to cry. Two years dead ... and unmourned.An unusual Nurse ... she let her cry.Andrea Slagle, Ph.D., remembered it all. The first time ... she was almost 16 and newly released from school. He was. Thenext day, I went back to school, as Allison's folks decided there wasnothing for me to do there, unless they decided to call me to testify.Allison's friends Nicky and Lisa continued to act as my bodyguards,trying to keep me stable.Allison's main rival for Valedictorian had stopped talking about me inpublic since my struggle to keep together was so obvious that sheapparently decided that it would be like kicking a puppy, but the "netwas full of rumours that probably came from her or her.