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that he realized she was talking to him, and scowled unfairly, backing away from her so that he could finish dressing himself. He was old enough. And post a long lecture the prior day about how mother and father were going to be so terribly busy with the new business, and how he was going to have to begin taking more care of himself in the coming weeks, he was a little annoyed that she had taken on the initiative to treat him like such a doll, this morning. Since their arrival in Greece, just a week prior, Peter had been uncharacteristically sullen and argumentative. He could tell that his parents were worried, but the parts of his mind that weren’t relishing quietly their concern didn’t care. The boy had retreated into himself, conjuring countless unspoken fantasies.( Read more... )