" The confusion in her voice was thick.Beth couldn't keep the concern from her voice as she asked, "Meek, didshe threaten you or hurt you?" No, Grand...a. She never raised a hand, or even her voice. She just stoodthere for a bit, and we just talked." Do you know her, or have you seen her before? Did she tell you hername, at least?"The smile on the other end was audible. "No, Grams. I hadn't ever seenher before, and she is as nice as you are -- in fact, she seemed a lotlike you. She said her name. Doreen sent me a couple of more photos of Ralph. It was the name she had given my present and I have to admit I was a little put out because I knew she had a relationship with a guy called Ralph a scum pond piece of pure trailer trash doing time in jail for being a public nuisance. He was stupidly pissing on the mayor's flowers right in front of city hall under the influence of too many beers in too short of a time and he expressed no regrets in the courtroom. That earned him a stiff six months. It would make me feel so much better to do it here, where you can't see me. I'd be so embarrassed that I don't think I could tell you these things face to face, Father. Please."I was lying. I didn't give a half a fat fuck if he saw my face or not. I couldn't give a hot damn if someone looked me dead in the eye while I spilled my guts about my fetishes and fantasies. I just thought it was a turn-on to be in a confessional with a man who took an oath of abstinence and telling him incredibly nasty. He snatched her handbag and emptied the contents on the floor beside her; he soon picked out her front door keys and car keys.He pinned her to the earth by sitting on her back and demanded to know if someone was at home and where the car was kept. He told her to nod if someone would be at home or shake her head if the house was empty; she shook her head. Next he instructed her to nod when he mentioned where the car was parked. Drive way, she shook her head; on the street again she shook her.