I also packed a blanket for lying on the grass. I asked Christine if she would wear a white dress for the occasion.The big day came for our first adve...nture together. I wheeled Christine out to the car and got her situated. I stashed the supplies in the car and stopped by the bakery to pick up the bread. Christine commented on how good it smelled as we drove to the lake.I was a little disappointed to see some clouds in the sky, but I decided that I wasn't going to let that ruin our day. I was. Even though Rosalee was my age, I had not seentoo much of her because she went to Catholic school and was not aroundvery often to play. The few times Maddy and mom arranged for us to playwere fun, but we had yet to discover a common interest that would drawus in to become close friends. On the other side of us were the Hoganswho were an old farming couple with grown children. My mom and I knewthem well enough to ask them for a favor, such as borrow some flour, orgladly do a favor for them, such. She earns her first master’s this year. I earned three masters’ in one week, never having been to university, and I did it while I was eight months younger than her when she gets her first masters. That isn’t possible for a 15-year-old kid, no matter if he was the smartest person in the world.“Rachel, when you came to me for help, I knew just what to do when hundreds of adults had already tried and failed to deal with Mr. Peachwood. How is a 14-year-old kid supposed to do that?”Rachel stares at. He seemed more curious about Lucy's reaction than being shocked or seeking to condemn me for what I felt."I would be interested to know how our little genius sought to comfort you and make you feel better about your incestuous thoughts about your son," he told me."She explained why society frowned on such relationships, but went on to say that it was continuous inbreeding that made this attitude necessary in any community's view. Two people with perfectly good genes might have offspring that.