The second bell rings. I should just go home. Just walk out right now and retreat back to the safety of my room.What am I saying? The old me wouldn’... have given up this easily. How far have I fallen? I’ve got to wake up! Come on Dave, pull yourself out of this bottomless pit before you die down there. Zach would be so disappointed in me if he saw me like this. I need to move forward and let go of the past. I put myself back together and then make my way to class. The entire room goes silent as. Carol tucked me in andthen replaced the pacifier I'd dislodged when I woke. For some reasonsucking on it took the edge off my nightmares and I would take anythingthat helped.Eloise had cried out for her Daddy on that awful day, thinking that's whoI was because that's who I appeared to be. But I'm her mother. We'dchosen that weekend to be the one we'd spend as each other. The switchwas supposed to be temporary, but they never found the Medallion of Zuloin the wreckage so Ray will be Carol - will. Gail said that she would think about it and let Cindy know after running it by me.I gambled on Cindy not rushing into her plans and taking the time to set things up so I told Gail I was okay with her having a night out with the girls."The girls Gail; not the girls and the boys."She gave me a funny look, but didn't say anything.The next night was her GNO and she was home by eight and I breathed a little easier knowing that there hadn't been enough time between Gail's five-thirty quitting time at. She still planned to attack her son's guest, but with no support from her husband and facing the defiance of her son, she would have to think much harder about what she wanted to say and how she wanted to say it.Cecilia was grateful that Jason was willing to stand up to his mother, but at the same time felt guilty. This was not his fight, it was hers, and she really did not want him to confront his parents.Mrs. Schmidt changed tactics, making some disparaging comments about the maids and then.