before, and I always had trouble going on after that. The others were still staring at me, their eyes so
unmoving they could have been glass.
"Why're you all looking at me like that?" I
snapped. Jade smirked.
"She's fine," she said and sat back. "She can go
on and on," she added.
"It's not that easy," Misty said. "Just because I
did it yesterday, doesn't mean it was simple and it will
be simple for you or for her or for Cat:'
"Don't tell me how it's going to be for me," Jade
fired back at her.
"I'm just trying to be . . ."
"What? Another Doctor Marlowe? One's
enough," Jade quipped and turned away.
"Well. At least we're not boring each other;'
Doctor Marlowe said. Jade made some sound under
her breath. Cat looked from one of us to the other, her
eyes still full of terror.
"Try to go on, Star," Doctor Marlowe urged.
"Tell them the rest of it," she urged as if it was more
important for them to hear it than for me to get it out. Jade turned her head slowly toward me to see
what I was going to do. Almost for spite, I continued. "I just saw him once after that time. I didn't
speak to him. I was on my way home from school. It
was just starting to rain and I saw him come out of our
apartment building carrying some of his things and
walking quickly toward his truck. I sped up and called
to him. I know he heard me because I saw him slow
down even though he didn't turn his head. He looked
down at the sidewalk and then sped up again until he
reached his truck.