“No,” she said. “I’ve already started to spot. I felt it coming on and then I noticed blood in my bikini bottom when I was changing at the bea...h. That’s why I wore the black bottoms with the white top.”The female menstruation cycle was never something that held a great interest to me ... other than once when a girlfriend was late. Then it held my attention for almost three days.“Well, I can offer to rub your back if you want,” I said.“We know where that would lead,” Liz said as she snuggled up. As you read this please remember: This is a Novel * 96. The Reaper Claims Us All Bruno and Victoria Valentino were walking down a path at the Fort Polk Joint Use Base that they had walked many times before. It was a pleasant fall day in Louisiana. The summer heat had finally given way to more pleasant temperatures. Without the stress of running the ‘Family Business’ and looking over his shoulder for someone to kill him, he had found a life of leisure. Victoria also seemed to youthen during. For the time being, I had to remain completely motionlessin what was now "a prison without bars."Cramps were beginning to set in, as the carriage obviously would notcomfortably contain my teen-aged frame. Just over an hour had passedsince settling in to the carriage. I had not spent this length of time init on previous occasions. If I were found out, there was just no way toexplain my presence.Finally the afternoon turned into early evening, but the cover ofnightfall was still a couple of hours. This girl, Betty Grant, was a year older than Wanda. She took Wanda’s friendship when it was offered. Belly enjoyed her friendship with Wanda, and eventually enjoyed the sex she had with Wanda. Betty and Wanda had an 18-month relationship, but Betty had left for college a year ago now. After Betty left for Long Beach State in California, Wanda had tried to bed her best friend Nancy. That didn’t work, because Nancy was getting a regular sexual workout from Tommy Bigelow. Nancy was hetero, and.