It had been a tradition at their school that local boys would be drafted in to carry the girl's books and do other tasks and they'd all discovered the...fun of sexual bullying. Effie had even been caught out by the head mistress behind the games pavilion, face squatting one lad while two others had been ordered to suck on her toes. Her behaviour had been condemned as excessive and unladylike (more because making use of three boys was deemed greedy than because of anything she had done to them).. Poppy’s parents had their own business and had a huge house in a secluded area away from the town, it had a swimming pool, tennis court and a hot tub her parents run a public relationship company, and had huge clients Poppy’s dad was hardly at home as business took him to China and America lots, he had made a special effort to be home for his daughters 18th, Diane had always thought Poppy’s dad was real sexy, and had told Poppy that. As the guests arrived the music was going, food being eaten. The only sound was the swishing sound of the rain beneath the tires. She realized they were headed to the Garden District."Darlene," he began quietly. "Please... please come back to my house. I swear it will be different."She took a deep breath, held it and let it out."I'm not sure... it was very traumatic for me..." Fuck. I know it was, believe me. I want to make it up to you." He slid his hand over hers. "Please..."His voice almost broke when he said that and she knew he was sincere then."Ok.. Rebecca had been held in an Espheni prison camp for a year. She had been rounded up by skitters before the bombing run that had destroyed the part of town she had been located in. Rebecca had been sent to a Re-Education Camp in order to be indoctrinated into Espheni ways - she had managed to hold onto her humanity though, resisting all their conditioning.At the first opportunity for escape, Rebecca had run from a forced labour camp and had spent the last 2 months tracking down her family by.