After a bit of that I got out stark naked of course and grabbed my jeans and tshirt and headed to the house to get a towel I had forgotten to take and...dry off.Right on my heels was one of our dogs, Jasper we called him who was no more than a who knows what mutt kind of dog. Dad didn’t like him much nor did my brother, but Mom insisted we keep him! I swear I had really wondered what Mom and him were so close about? She and he sometimes just seemed to dissapear, and sometime later appear. But Amanda's too little to know what she was doing. She doesn't know what's right and wrong. It's up to you to be responsible, not to ask her to do things she shouldn't." But who can I ask," Corky spluttered, turning to face me. "The girls my age don't want anything to do with me because I'm a dummy!"I put my arms around him; he shrugged them off. "But you have lots of friends in school, don't you? They don't call you a dummy." No, but they won't let me do things with them, either. I know. "Give me a break," I said, "It was a long day yesterday." I remember!" He laughed, "Oh by the way I'm off to a golf lesson today. I'm sorry but I scheduled it yesterday morning, and there's no way of canceling." That's fine," I said, "I'll use the time to just relax a bit and take a nice hot bath. It'll be a great way to start the vacation!" Oh no!" he said, "No staying inside. I called Wendy and she said that she and Pam were going to be down at the pool, and they hoped you'd join them."The. " Okay," Jason agreed.Cynthia left Jason sitting on the bed and went downstairs. She needed to be alone and was pleased that everyone seemed to have gone their separate ways after breakfast. She went and sat in a small room that had two lounge chairs, a coffee table, a bookshelf and a large window with a view of the wrecked backyard and pool. The chair was comfortable and she could imagine herself sitting in it for hours reading a book.Her anger roiled deep down as she tried to order her.