' Once I had his boots off I looked up and Gilbert was undoing his pants, I was between the chair and bed with the wall behind me I was trapped. Once ...ilbert had undone his belt and loosened his pants he told me '...pull my pants down along with my underwear...' I started to cry and shake my head Gilbert placed one of his hands on my head and said '...you gonna do it so either stop crying and do as I tell you...' My hands were shaking like leaves on a tree on a windy day, I fumbled at his waist. ” “Adena says that I needed ta breed Hannah in order to keep her near her momma.” “Sos you donts go off and sell her and split the family up.” “She been talkin bout it since you went off and got rid of the last house slave who got on the wrong side of the Mizz Chandler.” “Is this true Adena, I bark?” Stuttering Adena manages a simple “Yas sir massa Hopkins.” “But Hannah wanted nun of it sos wees had to hold her for Big Ray to attend to da duty.” “And what is Saysa doing here?” I retort. Ray. She was looking down at me, giggling. 'Well, what are you going to do now stupid?' I looked around, but I didn't see anything to giggle about. 'Huh?' I asked.'Gee, your really are dense. Look up here.' She opened her legs above me, and I saw it. She wasn't wearing, uh, she didn't have any, uh, er..." He stuttered."Go on." Tina spurred him, not terribly suspenced."... she didn't have any underwear." He whispered. "The light was dim, but I could see... everything. I froze. I didn't know what to. I pulled Tami around in front of me, my hand still in her back pocket, and kissed her. "The problem is, you want to tell your secret. I don't."Tami kissed me. "Damn you."I kissed her again. "Life's a bitch, ain't it." Damn you," Tami repeated and kissed me again."If you two aren't going to eat, could you get out of the doorway?"I glanced back at the guy behind us. "You're a freshman, aren't you?"He nodded, warily."Don't you know that freshman are supposed to be seen and not heard?" Mikee is a.