After her friends departed, as clean as they could make them, she settles down to consider the evening. She supposed it could have been worse, all things considered, but she was really not sure how. She thought again about her life here, her friends, and about how badly she felt humiliated tonight. Could she really be happy in Whitewater after this incident?<br/><br/>She rolled into her bed before her father returned, feigning sleep when he arrived so there would be no conversation that night. She knew he was aware that she was awake, but he was to nice to push the issue right then. She did not end up sleeping much during the night, but luckily it did not seem to hamper her when she arose with the dawn, setting to making breakfast, and cleaning the house she shared with her father....