getting that camera and film." I said. It was still
embarrassing for me to talk about it in front of her, "Oh, it was nothing. I was happy to play a role
in it." she said. "Besides. Brenda was the tough one." I looked at my sister. She had given Celia all
the credit. "We're sort of used to taking on males like
that, aren't we. Brenda?"
"Yes," she said. "But you better watch your rear
end now. April." she warned. "Expect them to give
you a hard time. Just ignore them, and after a while,
they'll get bored and move on to drowning cats or
whatever those sorts of people do."
Celia laughed.
"Come on," Brenda urged her. 'Before we meet
my old teammates. I want to go to the school. There's
a special basketball practice today. and I want you to
meet Coach McDermott. He's the reason I'm in
college ball today," she added.
Moments later, the two of them were off again.
This time. Brenda didn't even suggest I come along. I
moped about all day. After she vacuumed most of the
house. Mama sat in Daddy's old chair and dozed or
glanced at the television set, vaguely interested in whatever was on. It didn't seem to matter much. When she saw me, she talked about making lunch, but I told
her I was just having an apple, which was all I did eat. About two o'clock, my phone rang. I was
hoping it was Brenda telling me she was going to pick
me up to do something with them, but it wasn't
Brenda. It was Jenna Hunter. As soon as I said hello,
she went off on me.
"Listen, bitch," she said. "If you or your dyke
sister and her girlfriend take David's camera to the
police, you'll be very sorry. I'll testify that you
practically begged Luke to have sex with you." "I'm not going to the police," I said. "but it was