This brought up a turmoil of emotions in Vanessa. Which was worse; peeing on yourself or finding a place to squat? What if someone saw her with her pants down trying to take a pee? Donald Miller was always up on the hilltop because his buddy Anthony lived one level up. The idea of the boys seeing her without the safety of her 'girls' brought a memory of something that had happened a while back when she had been in this exact same situation. She hurried back to her door and sat down in the nook trying to make herself small and invisible. The last thing she needed is for Anthony or Donald to see her outside alone without there being any where for her to run…
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Mama had been late then just as she was now and hadn't left the key for her. Back then she hadn't been scared all the time. That w
