He made no effort to take it off, and Susiesat beside him, running her hands over his wet pigtails as he held herwarmth against him."Hey, Susie, what ...ere you talking about with the lab-created diamondsthing?" he asked, enjoying her touch."They're the same thing as mined diamonds, only without the Africanchild slaves." Yes, she prefers her slaves closer," Caroline replied, and everyoneexcept Susie laughed."Caroline, you're terrible!" Susie tried to sound indignant, but shewas giggling instead.. If her mom took off and left she’s gonna need you a lot more now. Don’t you dare Say her mom Dumped her on you again. That’s cruel. You should feel lucky. She’s smart and beautiful. How old? 15, 16? Also doesn’t dress like trailer trash. That girl has class.” All he could manage after that was a half mumbled I know and thanks. Having left the grocery, they made one more stop at the drug mart. He wanted to make sure she had the things she needed. Feminine products, any other whatnots. That. It was large and warm. The friends gathered around it and soon found they did not need to wear their light jackets. Buffy was wearing a sleeveless turtleneck sweater and tight jeans. Cordelia wore a long plaid skirt and Doc. Martins, her hair up with lacquered sticks. Willow looked cute in her little Hello Kitty shirt and purple baggy jeans her auburn hair held in place with tiny barrettes. Xander wore his favorite bowling shirt and khaki pants that had too many pockets and didn't fit very. None of the new cabin wood was veneer over ply so there wasn't any delamination. The smell did hang around for a couple of days ... we slept in the cockpit. Sailing out in the gulf of Finland we headed west; Helsinki the goal. The canal we had heard about from the government would lead us to The Lakes and from there to Jyväskylä in time for the Thousand Lakes Rally ... Finland's biggest WRC race. We sailed to the dock at Hagnäskajen 17, 00530 Helsingfors, Finland, asked permission and tied up..