I sat in the silence thinking about what I had just done. The guy looked to be in his late teens or early twenties. There was something familiar about...him. Then it hit me, I knew this guy, and his name was Aron. He worked at the gas station I pass on my way into town.Then another thought went through my mind. I had Sandy’s computer, and she would obviously tell him what had happened as soon as she could. No more watching him playing with his cock for me, shit, I thought, I had actually liked. Everyone quieted down when she said, “Anyone who thinks they are too good to help those less fortunate than yourselves, please make sure to scratch your name off the list. You have five minutes to make up your mind.”Damn. These kitchen uniforms and new safety shoes are the best things the ones that walked out have to wear. What ungrateful shits!“Their loss,” mom continued. “While I can pay everyone fifteen or older cash, everyone younger than fifteen, I can’t due to the various child labor. How can I be depressed?”At last, both Melody and Lissa looked at me and broke out laughing. We sprawled out on the bed just holding and hugging each other. I thought—I hoped—that just maybe, we’d saved our relationship. Lissa seemed to be thinking hard, but she was cuddled between Melody and me and not letting go.“You let me win that last rally,” Lissa accused, poking my chest. “You can’t ever let an opponent win like that. People will walk all over you.”“I didn’t let you win it. When I saw you. I didn’t know which way to go now. I was lost and very frightened! The throbbing in my head was getting worse and the sound of the blood rushing through my ears was much louder now. The forest around me seemed to closing in, stifling me and the trees swaying and hissing. Darkness enveloped me and I remembered no more. When I opened my eyes I couldn’t make out where I was. I was laying on a bed of hay, looking up at what seemed to be a canopy made of straw. I looked around and saw that I was in.