My life was bleeding to death. I quickly gathered a T-shirt and panties and some old shorts. I took a bath towel, put it under her, and pulled her pan...ies up and then the shorts. I pulled her T-shirt down on her, and rushed out to the car and drove like a maniac to the St. David's hospital up the road from us. I had the flashers going and honking the horn the whole way. I was driven to make sure my daughter lived.The emergency room people rushed her into a room and had me stand around trying to. ’ Brandon spit over the side of the bridge. ‘Damn that girl has a body.’ ‘I guess.’ I replied nonchalantly. ‘Seriously Walt!’ Brandon exclaimed. ‘I can imagine how that looks without clothes. She has this great ass that just sways with her hips when she’s walking. Not to mention she has those great pair of…’ He turned to look at me while he was speaking, I just stared at him. ‘Well, I guess we should all have dreams.’ I rolled my eyes before looking down the tracks, it was completely empty and. "I was scared, Master, of encountering you again. Of meeting up with you and being degraded and, once again, put through pain." There. I said it.But, now I couldn't stop. "I didn't want to wear the dog -- my -- collar for you, Master. I didn't want to be dragged around the store by my leash anymore." Tears were filling my eyes as we stood there, outside the main exit of KMart. "I didn't want to be used by you for your pleasure, Master."Then, when I had said my piece, I took a deep breath and. “Then she can go to her house to soak.”Olive looked up and whispered in my ear. “She’s right, Mr. Connors. I should leave.” Then I felt her shake. It was different, a slower motion. She wasn’t shivering, she was crying.“Mom, for the love of ... She needs help and we’re not a family to refuse help when it’s needed.”Mom closed her eyes and simply breathed. It was obvious that she was going to need a little more convincing.“Mom,” I said softly. “This isn’t the time for bickering or grudges. She.