They raised chickens to replace those taken. It was a continuing cycle. Elaine’s parents had built a recreation room in the cellar of their home. I... had a couple of couches that became beds, a small kitchen, and a bathroom with a shower. There was a TV. There was a fully stocked bar. This is where Sara and Elaine escaped the drudge and sadness of everyday life. They would come down here to listen to music, play games, chit chat about life and their feelings. Over the summer Sara and Elaine. . !The white-haired man looked down at her, then reached down to pull her dressing robe open, revealing her nakedness to all three pair of lewdly staring eyes. "Hell... why not?" he grunted. "Arnie's not going to be any use to her... or anybody else... when we're through with him!"Through fear-widened eyes she looked up at them and wig- wagged her head a violent NO. She tried to scream it, but the gag in her mouth muffled the sound. Rape! Rape! RAPE! The word ricocheted screamingly around. ” Linda stroked my chin, sending me into a near paralysis. “Bring me everything you have in our favourite colour.” My shop isn’t big. Its thirty feet wide and less than fifty feet deep, I have fifty shoes on feature stands, and one hundred and fifty on racks. So you would not be surprised that even my loyal customers only spend ten minutes inside, and that’s including the compulsory five minute chat. But Linda comes in and stays until I shut at six. That’s a whole forty five minutes. My heart. Not sure if it was guilt or something else but I needed to go. I managed to get dressed quickly and was stood near the door. David looked up at me from the bed he was now sitting on“Claire…I think I love you”“Really” was my reply. “Here’s my number at home ring me if you are serious. I’m going into town tomorrow then it our last day so I won’t see you till Friday”“Okay will you see me before you go” he asked and he did look down heartened“Of course I will..I promise” I said as I moved forward.