Linda kept sending disapproving glances in Val’s direction, and Amy caught her and Sam whispering back and forth to each other. That should give the...m something to talk about besides me for a few days. Until they try their own hand sanitizer, that is, Amy thought deviously. Late that morning she took a break from watching Val throw herself at men to go to the bathroom, passing Linda on the way. When she had finished, she washed her hands and grabbed a splash of hand sanitizer on her way out the. I had stumbled around in the dark until I tripped and fell, landing on a tall rock of some kind. When I had placed my hands in front of me to break my fall, my left arm hit rock, my right arm kept moving until my shoulder struck rock.Now, as I arrived at the southern edge of the granite formation, I could see the first marker, a rock with a peculiar hole though the middle of it. After I reached the marker, I turned and began to head north into the rock formation itself. My thoughts returned to. There were a surprising number of Central High students, some perhaps regular members, I suppose. Though I recognized a surprising number of Program veterans, who would seem unlikely postulants. I just let my gaze skim by my friends and if they saw me -- which they had to -- they didn't blow their cover by semaphoring wildly. My eye caught Greg over on the left flank and my heart gave a little leap at his quick smile, but nothing more than that. Missy had marshaled the troops and presumably. If it had been Estelle, I would’ve been incredibly turned on, but that part of my brain somehow shuts down when I hold my daughter.Part of it is a conscious decision but part of it comes from holding that tiny bundle in my hands so many years ago and committing my life to protecting her and nurturing her. I can’t explain it but I’ve always been able to admire my daughters, delight in their intelligence, wonder at their beauty, even acknowledge their burgeoning sexuality without ever considering.