The feeling had a name, paranoia. When Marge broke the connection, I was glad for the chance to process what had just occurred.I waited until the next... morning to begin a reasonable analysis. Since I hadn’t heard from island boy, I re-examined my options. I could continue looking for land, or I could fold my tents and move on to something else. I still considered this a charitable endeavor, even if we had designed it to be a break even business. We even had a few bucks to split at the end of the. "Want to come inside and refresh your memory?"As if being drawn in by a magnet, having no volition of her own, Laura moved inside the apartment, her eyes devouring Jane's naked body. She did not even think of Kendra, who might show up at any moment, and who would probably kill Laura on the spot if she found her naked with Jane again. But Jane was impossible to resist.She shut the door behind them. "My mama's in a class until six," she said."On Saturday?" Driving school. She got a ticket." Jane,. The house was quite and peaceful, I wandered into Jenny's room to lookaround. I started thinking again about how cute the girls were in theirparty dresses and all of the special attention Jenny had received.Jenny's closet door was open; my eye caught her collection of dresses.There in front was the very dress she wore for her birthday party. Itwas a short dress with a high waist and lots of ruffles. The dress waspink and white with a small print pattern of balloons, ribbons and icecream cones.. "Are you Porter?" Yeah," I confirmed.He looked over at his companion. "Bryan told me he was expecting this guy." He motioned me in. "Him and Mel are over on the side," he said, pointing toward the corner of the house where the porch wrapped around."Okay, thanks," I said. I wove my way through the mass of bodies in the direction indicated. I had only gone maybe a half-dozen sliding steps when somebody thrust a plastic cup of foamy beer into my hand."You look thirsty," a voice said. I never did.