Two floors, that was all that separated Catherine from Simon, that and a woman she considered a friend but who just happened to be on a weeklong team ...building trip to the beach. Easy target, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t a fun target.She stood in front of his door and had rung the bell before she had found the time to think, her chances of reconsidering fading with every second, then completely evaporating when she heard the key turn.“Catherine, how are you?”“Simon, not well actually. Can I. "May I ask, what kind of grades did Amber typically earn in school?" C's. and a B or two. You can do better at school if you want...as longas you keep your basic Amberishness that we so love about you,and that iswhich is keeping Daddy from dealing out a brutal revenge for the naughtything you did that made you take Amber's place," John said. "You will behomeschooled until we can trust you to be a good girl at school and notplay truant or tell the teachers or other pupils who you really are.. .."Liz's response tumbled out. Soon after, Hannah joined her.Bedroom SceneTwo cups and a jug of coffee, milk, sugar and biscuits stood on the low table in front of the couch in Liz's lounge.The coffee was cold. One cup, Liz's, had not been touched.Upstairs in the bedroom, behind drawn curtains, Liz was enthusiastically encouraging Hannah. "Don't worry about those stockings, you can use those," she said as Hannah held up a fistful of Liz's hose from a drawer in her dressing table."All right,". .. if you’re sure I’m won’t be a fifth wheel,” I managed.“No, not at all. We usually come here after work on Friday to unwind. Come on over. We won’t bite,” she giggled, now having decided I was comfortable with her approaching me.I picked up my mug of beer and followed her over to her table of six. Karla was right, I did recognize a couple of the four other girls.“Girls, you remember Nick Minter don’t you? He was going with Marianna Alvarez when we were in college together,” she announced.“Oh,.