.. and then she kicked her feet with wanton glee as her youngest son forcefully grabbed her by her hips. Adam and Chris watched as Bobby rolled their ...other roughly onto her back on the bed, pulling the blindfold down over her eyes. With obvious relish, Bobby put a pair of handcuffs around each of Judy's wrists, and then finished attaching the handcuffs to the wooden columns at the head of the bed, pulling her arms up over her head and spreading them wide apart."Don't worry, Mom," Bobby said. The rest of the day went smooth until lunch. It was my last period of the day. I went through the line getting pizza and a soda. I looked at the tables and found Dylan. I went and sat with him and a couple guys named Chase, and Jason. I looked down the table and saw the blonde from the bus. "And that would be my sister." Dylan told me. I must not have noticed him get on the bus. "Oh yeah? That's cool." I responded. I ate the rest of my lunch and got up to walk around. His sister walked up and. The click-click-click of the camera's shutter made her flinch. ?When did you turn eighteen?? he asked. ?A few m-months ago,? she said, still too nervous to get rid of the embarrassing stutter. ?Okay, take off your top.? Katie's heart hammered. She had thought she was ready for this. But now that the moment had arrived, she knew she wasn't. ?I'm sorry,? she said, I don't think I can.? Ricky's mouth worked, then he spoke in a carefully controlled tone. The. Because you gave her something to livefor. The paramedics said that. The doctor said that. Now, they're not justsaying it to make you happy, so believe it! Be-lieve-it! Understand?" I noddedalmost sulkily because I still couldn't believe that I'd allowed myself tocry in her presence but those soft brown eyes seemed hypnotic somehow. Shetook a breath, a deep one, " And for Chrissake stop apologising!" and thenshe kissed me. * But I couldn't save Tom Roberts I sat there holding Val and trying to.