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Daddy and I left without telling Mother any

details Daddy si Belinda home Actually, he didn't know any details either

"All Mrs Elliot would say," he told me after we left, "is I must come to take her off the property She wouldn't discuss the matter over the phone, but would wait for our arrival at her office It sounds very bad, very bad What could Belinda have done?" he wondered aloud

"Knowing Belinda and what she has

done recently, anything iinable," I replied dryly

Daddy said nothing We rode in silence for a while

"What will you do about her now, Daddy?" I asked "There is still a great deal of suot to istered in any other school" He sighed and shook his head

"I don't know, Olivia What do you suggest?"

"How about the Foreign Legion?"

He almost smiled

"I guess we'll have to find so for her to do at the office for the remainder of the summer at least," he said

"Why don't ait to see what horrible things she has done at the school, Daddy? If it's as bad as they seeht want to put her under house arrest I'lanced at o on dates, to the movies, to the beach She has to learn so

hile from every situation, no matter how bad that situation is Well, do the same here," I concluded

He was silent again Why couldn't he agree? Finally, why couldn't he do so about Belinda before she ruined our family?

My ownschool returned as we approached the beautiful grounds and buildings While I was there, I had rove frohts about boys and the other girls at the school to each other and promised each other ould stay in touch, but shortly after we left the school, Katherine becaed to the boy back home her parents had wanted her to marry I received a few letters and wrote back She invited , but I didn't attend Itoo involved with my father's business, and I know she was offended She wrote no other letters, not even a postcard, never called and never responded to the one letter I wrote months afterward