XI. THE RUNAWAY LaRissa quickly changed the topic. “Switching gears… It seems things were looking up for you and Gail.” Yeah, you can say that. I mean, I was a celebrity in school. Even though it was mostly high school kids at the parties, they had plenty of little brothers and sisters, and several of them slipped into the parties as well. And Gail was a hero for hosting the parties. “How did things go badly for your sister?” She was needy. And she didn’t know how to properly fill those needs. I suppose every teen goes through the same struggles. By the time she was sixteen, Gail had such a steady stream of boys and men I don’t think she could remember their names. And she was always in love with one or two or three of them. Gail would put out and she saw fireworks. The guys just saw a

