'Ronee, this is why I sent you to an all-girls school. To keep you away from boys.'
She knew her mother was being unreasonable. Even if she did go to an all-girls school, it didn't keep her away from boys. The school she attended, they always had events where they comingled with the boys from the boys' school across the street. Ronee knew full well her mother was trying to protect her, but this was ridiculous in her opinion. She wanted to date freely, without sneaking around, like her girlfriends were able to do with their boyfriends. If her mother knew of half the things she did, she'd faint from shock. Ronee knew she wasn't as good as her mother perceived her to be. Her mother didn't know because Ronee hid it so well.
'Mother, Mr. Crane...Martin is married. He was simply trying to cheer me up after he found out I had a bad day. He's faithful to Hester. She'd kill him if he cheated on her. Really, mother...he was trying to be a friend.'
Ronee wasn't about to tell her mother about the guy she was seeing that had broken up with her after three weeks. Only because if her mother knew that she was dating on the sly, she would lecture her,and ground her. Ronee couldn't wait to go to college, to move away...it was at that point she knew that once she was out from under her mother, she'd have more freedom.