" I turned and walked back tothe stairs. Erika following behind me."Marissa? What are you doing/ you know they're going to bolt and run theminute we s...ep outside." Maybe, but you don't know what it was like living in the streets,hiding, always looking for a safe place to sleep or a scrap of food." Iheld up my finger to say just go with it. she knew I hadn't grown up onthe streets. But those girls didn't.As I haggled over price and pointed out the run down state and the highcost to fix it up I. "P-please leave me alone!" He tossed her like a rag doll onto the bed and for the first time she got a good look at him, and it made her shudder with trepidation! He was at least six feet tall and very powerfully built with wide shoulders and bulging biceps on his brawny arms! She half rolled into a fetal position as he slowly began shedding his clothing while staring at her succulent young body. Her head was spinning like a top as he stripped off his tee shirt, and she involuntarily gulped at. As I look down I see the ankle straps around thepantyhose covered legs. The legs go up to an impossibly short hem on a verytight dress. The nipples of my breasts poke out through the fabric of my braand dress, asking for attention from anyone who will pass by. My haircaresses my cheeks as a gentle breeze blows by. I want to be seen anddesired! A few short steps and I'm off the porch. I decide to slowly walkaround the block. Maybe a neighbor will see me all dressed up. Maybe theywill even. And there are Stones who would see such an arrangement as exploitive and consider you an enemy for it.”Nick kissed the top of her head. “I’m not sure I know who you’re talking about, but my grasp of family politics is still pretty raw. Are any of the people you’re talking about scarier than Threnody?”“No,” Verity chuckled. “But, I’m not sure you understand how scary Threnody really is.”Nick drew his arm out of her grip, put it around her shoulders and held her close. “Vee, if we ever decide we.