state of exercise I keep finding you in, you do sound a little hypocritical,” Beth said a tad bit sarcastically. “But I understand what you’re saying and I see your point. After tonight, I won’t go out with them any more unless it’s a school function.”
“I don’t even want you doing that. I believe they will just talk you into doing something you know you shouldn’t do again. I think you should cut all ties. But, if you don’t, you had better make damn sure that is all you do. If you remember, you’re already grounded from having anything else to do with them. Like I said before, I’ve never met them, but I believe, they purposely set you up to be with that young punk. They may not have known he would attack you when he didn’t get what he wanted, but I will always believe they set it up for him to be able to have you.”
“You may be right. I’ll think about all you’ve said.” She wasn’t about to admit how she had had her own misgivings about that very same thing. The more she thought about it, the more she believed Jesse was right about everything. If so, she was as naive as everyone thought.
“As a matter of fact, I’ve been thinking of asking Susan and Daddy if I could go to a private school that specializes in music. Cody told me a friend of his has a cousin who went to a special music school in Austin. Cody said I might want to look into it.” Jesse didn’t know if he liked the idea of her leaving home, but he told her he thought it was a good idea for her to get away for a while and meet new friends. He jokingly said, “You might even find a nice, good-lookin’ young hunk who will put me out of the picture.” Jesse wasn’t even going to admit to himself that he didn’t like that picture.
Before Beth opened the door to go inside the main part of the house and to her room, Jesse stepped behind her. He leaned close to her ear and spoke very softly as he lightly stroked her hair.
“You know, Beth, I truly loved your long black hair. I often dream of lying beside a woman with hair as dark and long as yours was. In my dream it always smells so sweet and feels so soft lying on my body…but, like I said…it’s only a dream.” At that moment, Beth groaned as if in pain and opened the door and walked inside.
Beth wasn’t going to worry with her friends anymore; they had cost her enough already.
They were even the ones to talk her into cutting her hair that had never been cut. They told her it was so unstylish the way it was. So she agreed to let Julie cut it for her.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Susan and Jordon agreed to allow Beth to go to the private school in Austin that specialized in music. They didn’t like the fact that the school was five hours away and she would be leaving them, but they wanted what was best for Beth. They knew it was Beth’s dream to do something with music.
Beth didn’t know herself exactly what she wanted to do yet. She would most likely teach.
But, if she wanted to do more, this was the school that could help her achieve that goal. The school was set up as a combined high school and community college. Beth could take courses at night or during the summer and finish high school sooner or she could pace herself and finish as she would in a normal high school. After that, if she wanted, she could even stay and take their college courses or go to the nearby university.
Jordon called and talked for an hour making sure the dorms had security and that there would be chaperones around the clock. The woman told Jordon that Beth could start the new school at the beginning of her junior year in August.
After the incident with Randy, Beth managed to hide her bruised face from everyone with makeup and well-placed hair. She went through the last few weeks of school dodging her friends the best she could, but it was impossible to ignore them completely.
The first time she saw Becky, Beth didn’t ask anything about Randy nor tell her anything that happened that
“I don’t even want you doing that. I believe they will just talk you into doing something you know you shouldn’t do again. I think you should cut all ties. But, if you don’t, you had better make damn sure that is all you do. If you remember, you’re already grounded from having anything else to do with them. Like I said before, I’ve never met them, but I believe, they purposely set you up to be with that young punk. They may not have known he would attack you when he didn’t get what he wanted, but I will always believe they set it up for him to be able to have you.”
“You may be right. I’ll think about all you’ve said.” She wasn’t about to admit how she had had her own misgivings about that very same thing. The more she thought about it, the more she believed Jesse was right about everything. If so, she was as naive as everyone thought.
“As a matter of fact, I’ve been thinking of asking Susan and Daddy if I could go to a private school that specializes in music. Cody told me a friend of his has a cousin who went to a special music school in Austin. Cody said I might want to look into it.” Jesse didn’t know if he liked the idea of her leaving home, but he told her he thought it was a good idea for her to get away for a while and meet new friends. He jokingly said, “You might even find a nice, good-lookin’ young hunk who will put me out of the picture.” Jesse wasn’t even going to admit to himself that he didn’t like that picture.
Before Beth opened the door to go inside the main part of the house and to her room, Jesse stepped behind her. He leaned close to her ear and spoke very softly as he lightly stroked her hair.
“You know, Beth, I truly loved your long black hair. I often dream of lying beside a woman with hair as dark and long as yours was. In my dream it always smells so sweet and feels so soft lying on my body…but, like I said…it’s only a dream.” At that moment, Beth groaned as if in pain and opened the door and walked inside.
Beth wasn’t going to worry with her friends anymore; they had cost her enough already.
They were even the ones to talk her into cutting her hair that had never been cut. They told her it was so unstylish the way it was. So she agreed to let Julie cut it for her.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Susan and Jordon agreed to allow Beth to go to the private school in Austin that specialized in music. They didn’t like the fact that the school was five hours away and she would be leaving them, but they wanted what was best for Beth. They knew it was Beth’s dream to do something with music.
Beth didn’t know herself exactly what she wanted to do yet. She would most likely teach.
But, if she wanted to do more, this was the school that could help her achieve that goal. The school was set up as a combined high school and community college. Beth could take courses at night or during the summer and finish high school sooner or she could pace herself and finish as she would in a normal high school. After that, if she wanted, she could even stay and take their college courses or go to the nearby university.
Jordon called and talked for an hour making sure the dorms had security and that there would be chaperones around the clock. The woman told Jordon that Beth could start the new school at the beginning of her junior year in August.
After the incident with Randy, Beth managed to hide her bruised face from everyone with makeup and well-placed hair. She went through the last few weeks of school dodging her friends the best she could, but it was impossible to ignore them completely.
The first time she saw Becky, Beth didn’t ask anything about Randy nor tell her anything that happened that
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