What she needed was someone from outside her neighborhood.Marcella Gomez picked up Lissa in front of her house at seven thirty. Marcella was twenty, t...hree years older than Lissa, but Lissa had always been mature for her age and they had been best friends since before high school. Last year Marcella had gotten pregnant, and she had dropped out of high school and taken a job at the big Coca-Cola bottling plant. Lissa's mother was fond of Marcella and had taken the news pretty hard, even to the. In June he flew back to California, watching as Sandy proudly walked across the stage and received her high school diploma. He had known that Donna would not be attending, but still, he'd hoped. He spent two days visiting in Orange County, spending some time with Lupe, marveling at how much little Jesse had grown, enjoying the happiness that Lupe put on display when she introduced him to her very special friend, Delilah. He felt the real love the two of them shared and was grateful that Jesse. ..”“ ... perhaps, as you said, we should focus on our present circumstances? I can explain about you, later, but for now, you should understand that you are in my lair. Please, tread lightly. I am ... there is ... you are in a dream, Eric, but you are not dreaming.”He frowned. This was turning into some ridiculous Disney movie spiel, about how he’d stumbled onto something magical, and his life would forever be changed after this moment. Yeah, changed, because now people were shooting at him,. Linda hops off herbike and helps me off. We enter the store, and a young salesgirl greetsus. Linda tells the salesgirl that I am her baby brother, and as aspecial treat, she's letting me pick out a miniskirt for her.The salesgirl giggles and says she'd be glad to assist anyway she can.She informs us her name is Kerstin, and leads me over to the minis. Iblush as I rummaged through the short skirts. Kerstin notices mefingering one particularly hot little number. She grabs it off the rackand.