April 29, 1968
by Janine Stephenson
Becca was furious with the attitude that some of the girls gave me yesterday. As far as she can tell, someone must have seen me come back from my date with Benjamin. It’s the only thing that makes sense. The hateful ones are also staying at the convent.
Benjamin came in today. While passing by this morning, I slipped him a note. We met in the basement and I told him what happened. He said that he’s run into some trouble as well – mostly with his Mom and sister. I never meant to cause such problems. Neither did he.
Even though he’s 23 years old, his family means a great deal to him. He said that he wanted to continue seeing me, but he wasn’t sure what to do.
He was furious about the hateful girls. He said he would have a hard time being nice to them. I didn’t think it was necessary to be nice to them. But we do need to be less obvious about what we’re doing.
That is, if we continue to see each other. The whole thing is very upsetting.
