I confided that this was all new to me. Twomonths ago, I had been in Burlington Vermont, a definite heterosexual.She said to take it easy and warned m...e I would go through some roughtimes dealing with what had happened. She said she would love to helpme through it though and within the hour we were fast friends.I learned she had gone to a Sinclair party much like I. So had Hallieand Tanya. It is how they all had become friends. They met on their owna lot but still went to Ms. Sinclair's parties. It had.I returned home, I swear, before the school bell finished ringing. At first I thought I'd entered the wrong house. A coat rack I'd never seen before greeted me at the door. There were pink throw pillows on the couch, and several orderly rows of collector dinner plates had been attached to the far wall. The place was spotless. We never lived in squalor, but the best you could call mom's and my lifestyle would be 'casual'. The furniture was rearranged, and there were plastic liners on the. Supported by suspenders."I batted my eyelids. "I've always loved sussies."He rang a small brass bell that stood on a side table beside his armchair. The butler appeared as if by magic. "You rang, Sir Algernon?" You may remove the tea things Corbyn." Very good, sir." And bring us a bottle of Bolli and two glasses, will you?" Certainly sir".Handing me a fizzing glass of champagne, the old boy smiled mischievously. "We'll go and take a look at your domain in a bit. But let's have a glass or two of. I wish My daughter seems to be doing a better job of forgetting than I am. God bless her. I wish I knew how she did it… ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Diary Fragment, Two of Eight: –est results came back clean this morning. I’m assuming it is safe enough to extend those results to Rachel, too. Small merc– ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Diary Fragment, Three of Eight: I know I should tell Rick what really happened.