He went on to say it was rare to find a girl who simply wanted to share a little fun time and added, because of this hed always found older women more...attractive. It seemed he felt they had gone through those phases and knew what they were about. I have to admit, listening to him that day his words sent a chill coursing through my body and while I was careful not to show it, for the first time it entered my head his flirting with me may not have been entirely all in innocence. Unfortunately,. Jennifer wouldn’t even come into the room until I finished with those. Even afterward, she was very skittish about messing with the rest, but I couldn’t blame her. The pain she had felt had been intense. I mean, think of it like this. You walk up to a door you’ve never been through before and when you take hold of the knob, you get a huge electrical shock that knocks you flat. You’d be a little skittish about opening unfamiliar doors yourself for a while, and that’s pretty much what Jennifer. Back in the here and now, she looks over at me, to see how I react to this. And although it happened a long time ago, I can see that it left a mark on her. I cross over to her, shaking my head in disbelief. ‘God, what an asshole,’ I say. Not a brilliant comment, but she nods. I kneel in front of her chair, place my head on her chest, and wrap her up in my arms for a while. It just seems like the thing to do. After a few minutes’ silence, she pats me on the back. ‘Hey.’ I raise my head.. Her eyes were downcast, her face was blotchy, and her eyes were swollen like she had been crying. Her breathing was ragged, catching in her throat. There was no one expression on the faces of the other girls, one looked like Jane, two had no expression at all, just looking out at the crowd with blank faces, one was smiling."I'm going to have the girls introduce themselves one at a time," Larry announced, "and tell you who their former owner was." He pointed to the first girl, the one.