CHAPTER 1I was dreaming. Something I couldn’t even remember at the moment of awakening, and then I opened my eyes. For a minute, I thought I would find myself out of bed again. I had awakened so many times and found myself in the hall, or even downstairs, and if Lee or Mother shook me, I would be all mixed up, unable to find any explanation for being there.
For a long time, I lay still, waiting for the whirling confusion to settle down. I could feel my heart beating a jungle rhythm with the fear of something forgotten.
Pictures of what had happened to me during the day began to dance in the darkness. The bright sun, the other university students ambling along the streets, Selina and I going into the five-and-dime to purchase lipstick.
I had started to ask Selina if she had done her stat
