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"Well then, fine," Belinda said taking the other suitcase in hand "I certainly don't want to stay here a moment more than I have to," she quipped as if she were the one who had demanded to leave

Mrs Landford followed us out the side door Daddy was sitting in the car, staring ahead When he saw us co, he jumped out quickly and opened the trunk I handed him the first suitcase

"Hi, Daddy," Belinda said handing his Mrs Landford was carrying

"Get in the back, Belinda," he ordered and she did so, pausing before she closed the door and turning to Mrs Landford

"Good-bye, Mrs Landford I'm sorry if I caused you any embarrassment"

"If?" I said "If'?"

Belinda widened her sot into the car

"Good luck, dear," Mrs Landford told me, squeezed my hand and returned to the doro into soe, but he just shook his head

"Let's just go," he said and hurried around to get into the car

He didn't say a word until we left the grounds and were heading for the highway

"So, Belinda, are you satisfied?" he asked

"I hated that place, Daddy I told you I did I don't care about being expelled"

"How could you" He stopped hiether as if he had to lock the words back into his throat

"What were you thinking, Belinda?" I asked "Didn't you care what this would do to our faet out The other girls will tell their families and friends"

"They're no better They're all a bunch of stuffy snobs, but they all do things, too They just don't get caught," she said in her own defense