She is very clever, you know — and rich too. I guess I am nothing in her eyes."Angique studied her face as she talked. She also studied her own reac...tions to what the girl said — the simmering anger; the hidden need to slap the girl and scream at her that she was a stupid bitch. And then the urge to push her onto the bar top and fuck her senseless with a fat, long strap-on dildo. She trembled; a drop of sweat slid down her spine."Okay," she said, fighting to keep her voice calm. "So she canceled. "I guess the dork grew on me," she smiled.Sam walked into living room and Carly followed."You guys are really serious, aren't you?" Carly asked as they sat down on the couch."I believe we are," Sam told her as she took a bite of her sandwich.Carly sat Indian style on the couch facing Sam who was showing that turkey sandwich who the boss was."Wow. I never would have actually believed that you two would get together. I mean I thought about it before. You know back when the whole Seddie, Creddie. .." Tom's Mother, Sara stopped in the middle of her well rehearsed rant to sniff the air. Her cute little button nose wrinkling like a rabbit. The LOOK descended upon his Mother's face. The LOOK reserved for the really bad things that kids sometimes do. Catching the back yard on fire when he was 6yrs old, getting caught stealing a candy bar from the local convenience store, or being suspended from school for fighting called for the LOOK from his Mother.By the time Thomas blinked, his mother was. Just before passing out of sight, Hedva looked back. Chuck was on the hillside, talking to Rinda. Melinda was on his other side, listening intently. Between the two ... the space where Hedva had been sitting. Melinda had not scooted over, erasing the gap. They ... they really were waiting for her to return. Enjoyed her company. As she turned to look at her oldest friend, Hedva blushed.She was falling in love.The temple had been a refuge. A refuge from a world too complicated, confusing. Hedva.