Chapter 3
The morning came too soon for Sandra. She dreaded the time when Debbie would leave for school and she would be alone. She was sharp and bad tempered with the girl during breakfast and that only acted to hurry her departure. She knew she was being unfair but couldn't stop. The tension ate at her nerves.
When the front door slammed shut her heart gave a flutter. She hurried about the house. She dusted and cleaned things that didn't need it, anything to keep from thinking about the situation. But she wasn't fooling herself, she had to sit down and think it over.
She went back and forth over all the reasons she had against her relationship with the boy. She thought about the previous night and remembered how frightened she'd been hearing those women talking as she crouched in the
