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• She'd taken me at my word and bought herself something I knew mom would have disapproved of (I certainly did!), and one of her large and varied group of admirer's had asked her to the prom, she'd accepted, and again I felt the irrational surge of jealousy, which I pushed back down; get a grip, I told myself, she's an adult now, not a little girl, leave her to choose who she goes out with!
• When Cody Pietersen, her date came to collect her, I forced myself to be polite, friendly, as non-threatening as possible, while still signalling that any taking of liberties with her would find me knocking on his door; I knew his older brother, the very definition of the phrase 'pussy-hound', and if young Cody had taken after him in any way, I was quite prepared to commit mayhem on his body.
• I think he got that; the name 'Frank Novak' was still one to conjure with when it came to getting your ass comprehensively kicked (although the only ass I'd ever kicked had been that little rat-fuck Steve Dolan...)