"We weren't doing anything, you little snitch. I came in here to get away from your spying. What'll Mom say to that?" She'll say you can't have any bo...s over anymore," Beth said."Won't." Will too." Won't." Will too."Melanie sank back on the bed. "Please, please leave us alone." You've got to leave the door open. Mom would kill us if she found out," Beth said."Okay. Then will you leave us alone?" Mel pleaded."Fine," Beth said as she turned on her heel and trounced off down the hall.Mel was near. She'd gotten carried away and forgotten about her leg. My alligator skin leg, she thought bitterly. Everything else had fled her mind—concerns about her weight, about the pretending, about the nightmare—until Simon had almost bared her leg. Better that she should stop him now, even though she didn't want to, than to have him turn away in surprise and disgust. "Connie, please, calm down," he said. "Please. Tell me what's wrong. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I just—" Connie moved a. She had been a little disappointed that after the meal, he seemed to be content just to drive her home, and all they had shared were a few kisses in the front seat of his car. He did walk her to her front door, and they had another kiss – a rather nicer, passionate French kiss. At least he called her the next day, thanking her for a lovely evening, and asking if she would like to go out again.“At least he didn’t find me completely unattractive,” she said to herself.And to be honest, she had. She called me and asked me to meet her at a restaurant. When I got there she was already there having a glass of wine and waiting for me. She smiled when she saw me. I sat down and she told me everything that went on and what her plans were while we ate a light dinner.Mary spoke, "First of all I told Tom I was pregnant and to say he was shocked would be an understatement. We agreed to get a dissolution of marriage. He asked me who the father was but I wouldn't tell him." Mary, I'm not afraid to.