[PerfectVerse06]

I felt for Billie as well. She's a definite free spirit from the fact that she does such a variety of odd jobs here and there. Nothing about her seems permanent, from her jobs to her living situation to the type of vehicle she chooses to ride every day.

I love how the story opens up with both Billie and Keith having to reveal information that has the ability to drastically change the nature of their relationship: Billie and the fact that she is pregnant and Keith with the fact that he's going back to his wife.

I agree with TonyB that Keith is just pitiful. He's done nothing to rectify the situation that he's gotten himself into, and instead of working to make a life that he could at least tolerate, he takes the easy way out by going back to Carmen so that he could have a place to live and not have to worry about being out of work. Although Billie's not working at a cushy job like most think a woman of her age should be, at least she had dreams of singing and she was working towards making that happen. In the end, Keith ends up living with that wench Carmen and silently worshipping that poster of Billie in her yellow thong.

Destiny....oh Destiny. The things that she did were a bit outlandish, IMO. The girl was BRUTAL!!! Slicing and dicing folks like she was a contestant on Iron Chef: Canibalism Cuisine! I hated to read how Carmen treated her, and I could see how she was pained by the way her parents talked about her like she wasn't there and couldn't speak for herself. But that child needed serious help. All for all the crimes she committed, she should not be in Juvie.

I just loved the way all of the characters were linked together, in true EJD fashion.

I need to refresh my memory on this, so I'll post more tonight!