In fact, he wondered if she'd underestimated, or had just been modest. As they announced or launched into songs, there were cheers, and he saw more th...n a few people singing along. He wished he'd had a chance to check their songs online. Ryan had told him they were on Facebook and had links to songs, but he'd never gotten to it, seeming to get sidetracked every time he thought about it. It was just amazing, he thought, that he knew someone who could do this. She started out on the keyboards,. She was taking the first step on a new adventure. He quickly paid the bill and walked her to his waiting truck, opening the door for her. ‘Hmm,’ she thought to herself, ‘how am I going to get in this truck without flashing everything my mother gave me?’ After a moment’s consideration, she threw caution to the wind and hiked one leg up into the truck, giving a healthy view of leg and the hint of her gentle folds. She watched Dan’s eyes carefully, but could not detect whether he’d seen her. "I felt a shiver travel down my spine, I smiled at the girl called Susanand said:"Okay then if you insist but I warn you my fighting style is a littleunusual, shall we go over to the mat and we'll have a little practicespar, we'll start off slowly, to gauge your level." Smashing" she said brightly.We started off slowly but I very soon realised that this girl Susan wasactually rather skilled, as the pace increased I introduced new and morecomplicated moves into our fight, she skilfully blocked. " Skull grunted his approval and reached for the almost empty jar of rot-gut whisky. He tipped the last of the booze into his fruit jar.Carmen groaned as she turned over and drew her legs under her. Carmen's back was a mess of criss-crossed bloody ridges from the flogging Skull had given her. Earlier, at the destroyed mine entrance, she had adamantly refused when he demanded that she should "fuck me back, whore. Tell me how good it is for you". He beat her. She remained frigid. He beat her more.