Chapter One
New York, March 5, 1971
Karen Blanchard, thirteen, focused on the Vietnam War protestors on television. Her mother, Eve Blanchard, was focusing on the work she was doing in the study. The lights illuminated the small Dining Room; President Richard Nixon loomed over the White House, as the election was next year in 1972. Karen had long, black hair, bright, blue eyes, and average height.
The radio was on.
The Beach Boys' song: 'California Girls' was her favorite song.
She wore a red skivvy, blue flares, brown stockings around her slender legs, and flat shoes on her feet. Her bra was new. Her Mother brought it for her. The sales girl was nice about it in the changing rooms. For her time, she knew, deep down, the personal problems of last week when she heard her father yelling at his wife over their daughter's needs as she was now a young woman.
She didn't tell them she was a lesbian.
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