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CHAPTER FOUR

The second message came a week later, as Neil was
watching TV. Congratulations! We – a group of ten girls
– have chosen you as the worst dressed boy at CMS! Neil
shook his head. Hey! What in hell is going on here? He
5 stared for a long moment at the message. Then he took a
good look at the clothes he had on. They seemed all right
to him. They certainly felt good. Of course, that was his
main idea when he picked out new clothes: they had to be
comfortable. He had never thought much about fashion
10 or being ‘fashionable’. That was something for girls, he
believed.
What’s wrong with the way I dress? He went downstairs
and stood in front of the full-length mirror. What he saw
looked good enough to him. Jeans, t-shirt, sneakers. It’s
15 what all the kids wear, isn’t it?
At that moment, he heard a car in the driveway. It was
his mother, coming home from work. He hesitated, then
went to the door, opened it and let her in. ‘Hi, Mom,’ he
said without smiling.
20 ‘Hi!’ When he still didn’t smile she stopped and took a
good look at him. ‘What’s the matter with you?’
‘When’s dad coming?’
‘Not till the end of the week.’

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