A perennially cheerful girl with an infectious laugh, she’s has helped salvage our morale despite her own worries, for which I admire and adore her ...even more. I should also point out that she is her father’s daughter in many ways and had developed quite an interest in the sciences, a definite boon, considering our surroundings. Jaspar Fincher whom, until our perilous arrival upon the rock strewn shore, unsettled me. At first impression, he is more brute than man, dwarfing even the most robust. Quantitative reasoning included things like accounting and statistics. But kids who were trying to score high on SATs really needed the Pre-Calc/Trig course. Now that we were past the review stage, we were getting into matrix operations. September would be a long month for some of these kids.I suffered through Biology. I wasn’t concerned about a grade in this class as long as I finished the work. I wasn’t trying to be valedictorian or anything. I figured with the new world order I was dealing. I tried to stop but could not”.That was my confession & she was speechless, rather shocked to hear it. The dim light now faded away and we were there laying in the dark. The clock was ticking and none of us moved or said a word. I apologized to her once again to break the silence and all she said was “koi baat nahi”.I was confused but at least relieved that she wasn’t as furious as I thought she would be. “You are the sexiest girl that I know and have ever touched, sis”. No guy in the right. Worse, she had started taking it to school with her, where it was found in her desk by another girl in their class, Valerie, who had become jealous at being excluded by the trio. Valerie not only stole the diary; she also took to gleefully sharing its contents with her own friends. It was not long before knowledge of the diary spread to adults in the church community. Valerie’s parents confiscated it and handed it to the church leadership. The ensuing scandal traumatized Fenella and left an.
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