"Are you happy now?" Veronica asked from her corner. "Is this what you do to the people you love?"
"I never loved you," David said. "Get cleaned up and change into some decent clothes."
When they arrived at the dormitory again, Helena stood there with Phyllis and the others, their heads cast down in shame. "I'm sorry we were mean to you," she said. "I hope we can still be friends."
Veronica said nothing. "You girls be nice or else," David said and then left them alone.
Veronica glared at Helena a moment before taking her bundle of clothes and went downstairs to the sleeping quarters. "We have your beds all made up," Phyllis said. "You two can sleep in that corner there with Annie. That way when you pee the bed the rest of us won't be able to smell it."
Molly found her pallet against the far wall, on top of which sat a stack of cloth diapers. Veronica didn't bother to clear hers off before she lay down on the pallet and turned to face the wall, pulling a blanket over her head. She stayed in that position for the rest of the day. The other girls, even Helena, didn't bother her.