When she realized that if she didn’t go, she’d be stuck in West Harville with only her parents, and Adam, for company she decided that she wanted ...o go to college as well. She spoke to her parents about it and they both supported the idea whole heartedly. Her mother especially seemed very enthused by the idea and kept talking about how she was sure that Cindy would find a great guy to marry and have a bunch of kids with. Cindy found it a little frustrating that the only thing on her mother’s. You took me because he had rubbished you. I think after what has happened you always longed for him." No that's not--." I kept quiet for you. You do the same." He snapped. His tone was cold. She flinched and pressed her lips together."What I'm doing here is showing you how it looks to me, and I think this is the real way it is. When I started with that bloody band you were vehemently against them. You gave their moral failings, but -- you never told me you'd been with Zak."That's what shows me. The unexpected news of my father's death was a blow in my perception of the world. It was no longer certain as the world had been so far, as from today my father was not anymore. I guess my mother had found my address and the phone numbers I had given my father, or perhaps my father in an act of love, had given them to her so she knew also how to contact me. It was a tremendous blow, I felt that my life was falling apart; he had died without seeing his dream fulfilled; his son reconciled with. “Julie,” was the only word, but we both could hear Frank’s voice break as he said it, and we both could hear a sniffle.“Daddy,” Julie softly asked, “are you crying?”“What?” (sniffle), “Don’t be ridiculous,” Frank answered. “It ... it is just this pollen... (sniffle) it really makes my allergies act up.”We told Frank when we would be leaving Helen and agreed to meet for dinner in a couple of days.“Hey, Julie,” Frank said at one point, “just want you to know if that ... Marine jerk ever hurts.