Chapter Nineteen
Spring and Summer 1999
The rest of the school year was a nightmare. Greg ignored her, going out of his way not to be with her – even at the hospice. When they did run into each other at school he was usually with another girl. He seemed to go through them one after the other. Well why not? He was a good looking guy. But by the end of the year he had a reputation for dumping girls after they’d agreed to sleep with him. There were still plenty of takers – all of them thinking they’d be the one to keep him. They could show him how good s*x could be, and that he’d never want to leave them.
One day Gemma found herself comforting Greg’s latest conquest as she wept her eyes out in the girl’s toilet.
“He’s such a bastard!” Anita told her. “I can see why you ditched him! I wish
