Amanda treated him with scorn, always taunting him about his small size, saying that any girl who was interested in him must be a lesbian.Amanda treated him with scorn, always taunting him about his small size, saying that any girl who was interested in him must be a lesbian. Complaining about Amanda to her mother was useless; Amanda would always find some way to twist the facts around and make it appear as if Michael were in the wrong. The sounds from the party had quieted and his Stepmother finally appeared to deliver another of her inevitable lectures. She had waited until he returned from taking a shower, and when she entered he was clad only in a towel wrapped around his waist. She advised in a firm tone that she was not going to put up with his rudeness and bad manners any further. So long as his father was absent she was responsible for his upbringing, and his failure to respond to any reasonble guidance measures to date were going to change immediately. With that she led him from his room to the newly decorated guest bedroom. Mike knew the room was being renovated but was unaware of her exact plans, and was surprised to find it so elaborately furnished. |