Part 107 (1/2)

seniors were expelled yesterday. There's a rule about smoking in

uniform so Karen Jones, Mary Alice Pleasinger, and Tomisina

Gibralti stripped down to their slips in the locker room and lit

up. Most of the girls think it was cool, but Mother Superior

doesn't have much of a sense of humor.

With a laugh, Johnno pushed aside the salad, lifted his wine, and

settled into the letter.

I've been thinking a lot lately about Dad, and you and the

others. I've seen the stories about Stevie, and I hate the things

everyone's saying about him. Have you seen him? Is he all tight?

The picture I have came from the London Times and makes

him look so old and sick. I don't want to believe that he's a

drug addict, but I'm not a child. Dad won't talk to me about it,

so I'm asking you. You ahvays tell me the truth. Some of the

girls say that all rock singers are drug addicts. Some of the girls

are complete a.s.ses.

Gossip manages to get through the walls here, too. I have the

article and the pictures of Bev and Dad and P.M. fivm People.

Jane was in the picture, too. I don't want to call her my mother.

Please don't tell Dad that I wrote you about it. He gets so upset

and it doesn't change anything. I was upset at first, but I thought

about it for a long time. It's okay if Bev loves P.M, isn't it? It

almost makes it like she's family again.

I guess I'm really writing to ask you to look after Dad. I know

he pretends he doesn't think about Bev anymore, that he doesn't

love her. But he does. I can tell. When I get out of schooh I'll be