He immediately told Vic that Ellen was a beauty."I'm impressed, Vic. I didn't expect it."Vic chuckled. "You should believe me when I tell you things."...Well, now I believe you."Vic twisted the leash around in his hand, as he talked to the judge about her. Then Vic told her to show the judge the marks on her body. Ellen blanched. She hated the idea of doing that, but she'd promised Vic she'd behave. Vic's eyes flashed when he noticed her hesitation. He jerked at the leash. She trembled, as she. Candy suddenly had a serious thought, a bit of her former self struggling to survive in its new form. "But the money?" She asked abruptly, almost as surprised at her words as Madame Suzcha was. "Are you going to keep it?" Madame could see that what was left of Whitley was fighting for control, and she move quickly to crush it."Why," Madame asked. "It isn't your money, is it, Candy?"Candy shook her head. The question had been important a moment before, but now it seemed meaningless. Money. Franky said he planned to stay at the motel for as long as Cheyenne was at his dad’s place. I found some potato salad and all the fixings for BLTs.As we sat at the table, I asked, “So, how come you want to stay here? Your dad’s house is plenty big enough to accommodate everybody isn’t it?”Franky took a swig from his beer bottle and sat looking at his plate. When he looked up at me, I could see he was on the verge of tears. “I can’t face her, Bobby. I can’t look Cheyenne in the eye. If I hadn’t. " Rosa," supplied Rosa."She's Kirsty's mother," concluded mum."Pleased to meet you," said Dad who then turned towards Kirsty. "And you're the young lady my boy's taking out tonight?"Kirsty went cherry red and nodded, my Dad chuckled and Rosa smiled."Don't worry," said Dad, "The worst of it's over now. You can see we're normal people, we just wanted to meet the girl who's captured Kevin's attention so admirably." The feeling's mutual," said Rosa into the silence, "I was lucky enough to meet.