”“Perhaps. I’ve come to think that it’s too bad that society’s mores are what they are. All of you ... girls are so comfortable with nudity ...n our four houses, that it’s too bad that society would frown on our four families having a group clothing-optional policy in our houses. Some of society would not object, or not object strenuously, to us nine females having such a policy, but all of society would object to including Charlie in that policy, particularly with you girls involved as you are.. As it was, I almost didn’t stop the knife in time. I had punctured his shirt and pricked his skin with the tip of the blade. His chest leaked a drop of blood when I pulled the knife back. When he took his shirt off to see the wound, it looked like a needle mark.From the years living in questionable places, I trained myself to wake up as soon as somebody touched my doorknob. Brian and John made a game of it. When they walked by my bedroom door, they would touch the doorknob. I would wake up and. Walking up the staircase, I can hear the two of them giggling. "Oh man, they are laughing at me. Great!" I close the bathroom door behind me and look into the mirror. "You can do this, Marley," I say to myself. I splash water onto my face and suddenly hear a loud thud on the bathroom door. "What the fuck was that?" I open the door and Shay and Tori come stumbling in, wrapped around each other, kissing. Shay turns around toward the shower and turns on the water. She immediately pulls Tori back. Then, out of nowhere, you grab me by the neck and squeeze my throat. A small gasp escapes from my mouth. I freeze, afraid someone, a stranger, will see and know our secret. "What is wrong with you?" You spit the words like venom. Tears spring to my eyes and I look away, knowing that I broke our rules. Your grip loosens from my throat and I feel you soften slightly as your body moves closer into me. You move your hand up my neck to my cheek and push my hair behind my ear, your eyes locked on.