“You’re sure she’s okay with this?” she asked sheepishly. “Yep,” I replied as I held a hand outstretched to help her up as I relayed Jane�...�s comment, “She said to tell you to let us know if you need a ride to work in the morning,” and turned my gaze through the glass where Jane stood watching with saddened eyes. Brenda looked through the window as well and was met with a sympathetic look and nodding smile. We turned and walked out to the employee parking area and I unlocked the door of my SUV. "I think the dogs will enjoy their new bitch, now dress," she laughed as she kicked my panties away, "you won't need those."The next few hours passed in a blur as Julie drove her small sports car northwards on the main road before taking smaller and smaller side roads that took us deeper and deeper into the country. I had pulled my hair back into a ponytail as instructed and found my mind wandering as I took in Julie's firm body controlling the car with ease. Pulling up beside a large set of. She was raising a daughter. I was too, if somewhat unconventionally. I wanted to trade war stories.Sia, when told about my plans for Friday night, didn’t seem upset. I wondered why until she exclaimed, “I’ll have Jasmin come for a sleepover! Yes? What are your thoughts?”Two teenage girls alone in the house? It sounded ominous. “Okay, as long as her mother agrees.”“Great! Gotta call her!” Sia announced, dashing out of the kitchen.“And you do the dishes for a week!” I yelled after her. I smiled. Her legs and back strengthened as her desperation increased. She reminded herself to wait, vowing to contact Ruby on a future trip. Naomi desperately wished to make that call right then.While at the department store, she noticed how the outsiders stared at people from her community. The rude ones raised devices that made clicking sounds. Naomi knew these were phones, not like the landlines running into certain neighbors’ houses, but ones that you could carry.She spoke to cashiers to find.