At the end of the match, I was an exhausted victor.The night shift at Tent City was brutal. I was so tired, I almost slept through time to get there. ...ate had to practically drag me out of bed.I checked in and flopped down in the chair and was asleep before Bree crawled into my lap. I almost didn’t notice when she got up, but when Sandra sat down on me, I was a bit surprised.“Hey,” I said. “Long time, no see. Where’s your boyfriend?”“He abandoned me. School’s out and he had a ride to. “Apparently they have been known to just take women off the street.”“Huh. Doesn’t surprise me, but I’d not actually heard that one before. Gang rapes I’m guessing?”“Basically. Sometimes they let them go fairly quickly, other times...” Les shook his head, anger and disgust on his face. “You really don’t want to know.”“I can guess. Have you managed to get anything worthwhile out of them?”Les shrugged. “Depends what you mean by worthwhile. I’ve confirmed a lot of what we already knew or guessed,. He refused to give her the satisfaction of commenting.They went out to a local seafood dive on the waterfront. They drank beer and stuffed themselves on shellfish. The entire night, Richard was conscious of the looks his sister was drawing in the restaurant. Men old and young eyed her with interest. She was well-behaved the whole time though. She didn't flirt or tease him. Whatever had possessed her in the kitchen had gone away. For all intents and purposes, she was his sweet k** sister again.. He hadn't come to terms with the humiliation from the night before and now he had to deal with what he'd witnessed when he'd returned home earlier. What a mess. What a difference twenty-four hours could make.There was one certainty however, and that was that he'd have to find somewhere warm soon. He was chilled to the bone and was in no frame of mind to spend the night outdoors, no matter how hideous going home could prove.'Thank God you're back,' his mother sighed when the young man shut the.