Catherine watched the girl’s small town image fall away, removed from the projector and tossed into the trash.  The sorority had kept Katy’s friend around this long only because Katy was best friends with the current president.   Everyone understood that keeping this girl from Longview was the only polite thing to do.  Still, Katy was furious now, cursing her sisters.  Katy took the rejection personally.  Catherine didn’t really care about any of it, nor did she feel bad for Katy.  It’s just the way things happened around here, she thought.  Now Catherine tried to ignore Katy and the other girls, leaning back against the basement wall, shutting her eyes. 

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