a terrible thing you did to me, and you'd better stop
saving those things about my sister. Just because she's
a great athlete, it doesn't mean..."
"You were just afraid because you're just like
her. It wouldn't have been so terrible for you, and you
might have learned to appreciate boys,' she said.
laughing. '"Remember my warning." she added, and
hung up.
My hand was trembling holding the receiver.
There was one thing I sure wasn't looking forward to
doing, and that was returning to school after the long
Thanksgiving weekend, Just the thought of it made
my stomach tingle with tension.
Brenda finally did call, but not to have me meet
them. She wanted their last night to be special, as
special as the night before was supposed to be until I
ruined it. She didn't say that, but I read between the
lines. Celia and Brenda had decided to take us all out
to what once was our favorite restaurant. Dickson's
Steak House. Mama agreed. but I could see the
sadness flowing under her face as memories of Daddy
taking us all there returned. She was actually
trembling.
There were many times when he had called to
have us meet him after some court action. Most of the
time, he was jovial, having done well, and it was
always a party. As I looked at Mama returning to
Daddy's chair. I thought how horrible it must be for
her now never to have that sort of happiness and
excitement in her life. Unless she met and married