After their initial hellos, Renata let her have it. She told her no, she didn’t want to see her at the party, and she didn’t want to see Owen, and... if she’d seen either one of you, there would have been a major scene. Because now she knew all about the affair Leah had with Owen and their lies and play-acting and twenty-year cover-up, and she couldn’t believe what a cheating sleazeball Owen had been and what a lying, back-stabbing cunt Leah had been to have an affair with him, fucking over her. Thank youfor giving me pain by pushing pins into my tit meat. Thank you for bruisingmy body and making it so many interesting colors!" I was amazed and gratified at the depth of her commitment. However, I said, "Iappreciate your kind words. But, I think there should be a more tangibleway for you to express your gratitude." She reacted immediately by sliding down off of the chair, crawling over tothe training table, crawling up on to it, and laying flat on her back. Herheels were drawn up to. Then Sally stopped me cold, brought me up short!“Well, that isn’t exactly true anymore!” Sally had said and smiled at me in a way that jellied my insides. Unmanned me. Was she reading my mind? Careful! Let HER explain herself. We both finished our whiskeys at a gulp!I cocked my head, shrugged, lifted my eyebrows made an Oh of my mute lips. Silently signaling, Continue, Damn it! Please! Offered her the cheese tray.“Long or short version, which do you want? Thanks, but no thanks. I can’t eat!”. ”“No doubt packing to leave for your little trip.”“As a matter of fact no,” she said. “I had a couple of classes then I packed.”“Can anyone verify?”“Just ask any of my classmates or teachers.”“Around lunch time?” He didn’t give her time to answer as he rolled right into his next statement. “I wonder if I could ask Mister Braxton. Oh wait, he has been missing for several weeks now. Maybe a classmate then, like say, Casey Ridgeland. Maybe you know her mother, Juniper?”“I know Casey,” she.