He grabbed her by the shoulders. "That's a God damned lie!" he grated into her face. "You little bitch... I ought to give you some of what I got this ...afternoon!"Calmly, she shrugged free of his grasp. "You wouldn't dare! Jack and his boys are just waiting for a chance to cut you up!" It was a bare-faced threat.He backed away from her. There would be no point in running into something he knew he couldn't handle... yet."All right... lay it on me... you know so damned much! How do you know.... Just then a knock on the bathroomdoor was accompanied by Kelly checking on us "Everything ok in there?" sheinquired. "Everything is just perfect, Kelly" mom responded for both ofus. "We're coming out, are you ready to see Monica?"I stepped into a pair of ballet flats that mom had picked out to go alongwith my dress and did my best impression of a confident person as I openthe bathroom door. When Kelly saw me her hands went to her wide openmouth. "Oh you look amazing!" she proclaimed loudly.. He wiped them off on his choir gown and hoped his mother didn't catch the scent of pussy on his hands when they drove home in the station wagon.That very evening, Jessica hurried to finish her homework and scurried out to the detached garage to ask her older brother Todd some questions about those things her mother neglected to tell her. She trusted Todd because he was a sort of geek and didn't really know how to talk to girls. He really was more interested in his computer and the silly games. Just as the voice jerked his attention away from his own misery, he became aware of a tall, tall figure looming over him. In the darkness the figure seemed to carry its own faint, shimmering illumination. He looked up at a face gazing down at him, and that face, even at seven years old, Tommy knew, was the most terrifyingly beautiful thing he had ever seen. It was pale as fresh snow, gaunt and angular, with a look that said that its wearer was starved, with a hunger that food could not quell.