" He came to the table and sat down beside me. "She said she saw the way we looked at each other and thought we looked like we were madly in love." I'...m sorry, Michael. Maybe you shouldn't be here. I don't want to cause you any more problems than you're already having. If she thinks we're in love with each other, it's probably best for us to keep our distance so you can work things out with her." I still didn't make eye contact with him."I don't want to work things out with her. Let her believe. “She was worried about you,” he said. “She wants me to keep an eye on you.”“Oh,” said Renee, the indignation she felt seeming to fall apart. She had known Mirriam cared, last night, as she sobbed in her arms. She didn’t know why, but she knew it was real. She also had an intuitive knowledge that Bobby cared too. Again, she had no idea why he would ... but he did. For whatever reason, it never occurred to her to point out that she was a big girl, and didn’t need anybody to look out for her.. I had one of my own. ‘Oh, my.’ Jeff had nothing of particular interest to report. He was working long hours and having the time of his life doing it. He had not been cut off completely from social contact with members of the gentler gender. He had taken his sister out to dinner a couple of times. This was pretty unusual behavior for a brother his age, but I understood. It was Jeff. It amazed me that a single action by Jeff could simultaneously be both surprising and expected. I had my friends. She hides the box under her dresser she shoves it way back into the shadows beneath and when she is sure that it cannot be seen she then rushes off to help her mama who is grateful for the company of her beloved daughter her eyes light up at the sight of her precious Raida and she sweeps her into her strong arms and hugs her tightly OOOF Raida exclaims not so tight Mama please Mama laughs and hugs her tighter still and her arms are like the walls of the Gaza strip formidable impenetrable Raida.