making me think of things I didn't want to ever
remember. On and on until..."
"Until what?"
"I was curious and, like I said. bored." "So?" Teal asked. impatient. "You were bared.
Big deal. A news flash. She was bored. What did you
do about it?"
"I decided to spy on Posy and Dr. Foreman
when Posy was in there alone."
"How could you do that?" I asked.
"I found a way. There's a basement to the
house. The door is on the other side and it was opened
late one afternoon when I had some free time. I just
wandered down the steps and in, almost as a way to
escape the sun and heat as anything else. I heard
voices and followed the sounds down to my right.
There's a floor gate in Dr. Foreman's office. As soon
as I knew what it was and where I was. I ran out. I
was terrified of being discovered listening in. I didn't
even know who was in there with her."
"It couldn't have been me," Mindy said quickly. "No, it wasn't Mindy because she wasn't here
yet. I didn't tell her anything about Posy for a while
after she had arrived."
"Almost a month after." Mindy moaned. "I'm not exactly used to trusting people." Gia
said.
"Wow," Robin said. "Imagine, putting your
own daughter through all this."
"Your mother is putting you through it, isn't
she?" Gia fired at her. She could be so mean and
angry sometimes. It made me feel that if I brushed
against her, she might explode and blow me up with