The loneliness of being alone in the world at 16. Itold myself I was sparing her any more pain and would live a far happierlife than she would have ev...r been capable of living.I never could have shot the girl at point-blank range, stabbed her todeath or clubbed her; so, in my mind, I wasn't a killer, but of course Ireally was. But it would be years before I could admit that to myself;right now, I was totally consumed by getting my new life as a femalestarted.I was brought up short when I. The musicians played instruments not unlike those Roger knew, but their music came from strange black objects on posts. How this was accomplished Roger had no idea. When he asked Sophie later her response made no sense at all to him. Sophie was more interesting anyway.Whenever they weren’t dancing Sophie found reason to touch his arm and even stroke his cheek once or twice. Her signals did not go unnoticed. Sometime after mid-day the two followed their noses to one of the many small stands. It was 'The Wedding March' that came booming from the speakers in the walls, down the halls and into the bedroom where the four women had been anxiously waiting for their cue.If the music had electrified the small gathering, then the appearance of my four beauties took that energy to a geometrically higher level. Janey and Simone came into the room first, leading their mothers by means of white satin leashes attached to white leather collars, although the collars were not yet visible to the. In fact, was it suggestive?“Oh yes, there are different roles for men and women in Islam.” Mo told her definitely. He was starting to wonder if Mia fancied him, and if so he certainly didn’t want her getting the idea he wasn’t available!“That’s good. Actually I’m feeling a bit tired,” Mia sighed, “would you mind if we stop for a minute? The sun and this countryside are lovely anyway, don’t you think? We don’t need to rush back, while it’s still so warm.”“Oh sure,” Mo gave his permission. If.