Faces Of Fear (2009) by John Saul

Author:John Saul [Saul, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-02-09T15:48:23+00:00

Chapter 16.

For three days Risa had tried to find the right way to bring up the subject of Alison's breasts with Conrad, and for three days she'd failed. She told herself that the time wasn't quite right, or that there wasn't enough time to discuss it, or used any one of a dozen other excuses not to have the conversation she knew she had to have. But when Alison came down to breakfast while she and Conrad were already at the table on the fourth morning, Risa knew she couldn't put the talk off any longer.

Alison wore her usual jeans, and a tank top that clearly showed that her bra had increased by at least one cup size. She'd watched Alison's bra look a little fuller each day, but today there was no mistaking it. Alison had bought a new bra and was filling it with something other than her breasts.

And she looked good. Even that minor change had turned her from a still flat-chested adolescent into the beginnings of what promised to soon become a curvaceous young woman.

"Lit test this morning," Alison said after bolting down her orange juice and a fistful of multivitamins. "And I need to get to the library first, because I won't have a chance later." She grabbed a piece of dry toast from the buffet and quickly ate it, perching on the edge of her chair.

"Okay, honey," Risa said. "Put a banana in your backpack for later."

Alison grabbed one from the buffet. "Got it," she said, then kissed her mother's cheek, eager to get going.

"Have a nice day," Conrad said.

"You, too," she called over her shoulder as she went through the swinging door to the kitchen to meet Maria for her ride to school.

Conrad shook his head, smiling. "Now that was a whirlwind breakfast."

"That was a typical teenager," Risa corrected.

"She sure adds a lot of energy to the house." He leaned back in his chair. "I like it."

Risa eyed him carefully, trying to decide whether he meant it. "She can be a handful," she said, offering him a chance to voice any doubts he might be harboring about having taken on a teenager at this stage of his life.

"I think I can handle it," he said. "In fact, I've been thinking about a birthday present for her. Sixteen is a special age."

Risa put down her coffee cup, recognizing the perfect moment to broach the subject that had been on her mind for days. "I have an idea," she said.

"Oh?" Conrad's brows rose with curiosity. "I was thinking a car."

"Which I'm sure she'd love, but I'm not sure I'd love her having, at least for another year. But there's something I think she would rather have but is too shy to tell you about."

Conrad frowned. "What?"

Risa saw no point trying to be delicate. "Breast implants."

"Really?" Conrad smiled. "So you, too, have noticed a curiously quick expansion in her bra size?"

"How could I miss it?" Risa countered.

"Well, it's a very easy fix," Conrad replied. "Implants are nothing anymore.

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