ll three girls are in the front seat， the fat girl with the glasses is<br >driving. In the back seat their father is asleep sitting up.<br > They pull into the parking lot， and two men who are leaning<br >against a blue Volkswagen van turn to look at them. One of the men<br >has a camera round his neck. "Fuck，" the thin girl says.<br > Their father jerks awake. Before the car has come to a full stop， he<br >has his door open. "Scram!" he yells at the men. He falls out the door，<br >onto one knee. The three girls quickly get out of the car. Their father<br >stands up and heads for the men， thrashing his arms. "Vamoose!" he<br >yells. "Bugger off!" The men don t move.<br > "Dad，" the fat girl pleads. Their father staggers away from every-<br >one and slaps his pockets for cigarettes.<br > "Just leave him，" the thin girl mutters. She starts walking， giving<br >their father a wide berth. Her sisters follow. The fat girl with the<br >glasses can t squeeze between the fenders of the two hearses， and she<br >reddens， conscious of the men approaching. "Climb over，" the thin<br >girl orders. Glancing at the photographer， she reaches into her purse<br >and gets out the pack of cigarettes that their father is searching for. If<br >she has to have her picture taken， she wants to be smoking.<br > The photographer starts clicking. But not at the thin girl. He aims<br >at the third girl， the pretty blonde one， who is waiting while the fat<br >sister climbs over the fenders. "Figures，" the thin girl thinks. The<br >pretty girl gazes at the scorched white sky as if wondering whether<br >their mother is up there yet.<br > "Excuse me，" the second man says， sauntering up. The pretty girl<br >smiles politely. The thin girl narrows her eyes. The eyes of the man<br >are rabid with fake pity. He says it s a real drag about their mother<br >and he hates like hell to hassle them， but the pictures aren t going to<br >have captions unless he gets their names straight.<br > Both the fat girl and the pretty one look at the thin girl. "Lou，" the<br >"