" Leave it, dad," Evie remonstrated. "That's a battle for another day.If the police want me to speak to them I will. Let's just think abouttoday for n...w, yeah?"Her father fell silent, but both Evie and her mother knew he would belike a dog with a bone about the subject. For her part, there was notmuch more Evie could tell the police about the evenings she was takenfrom the farm and, alongside other male youths in make-up and clothingthat left little to the imagination, plied with alcohol and. When I did, I’d feel even guiltier the next day. I was surprised that John hadn’t seen through it all yet. Then, one night I had to work over with a client. Bill had stayed too. We got the papers signed and this client offered us a drink. Bill accepted for both of us before I could decline and I found myself having a couple drinks with some flirting men again. Bill drove me towards the office and once there I got out of the car with the intent to run to my car. Bill cut me off and taking me in. ’ ‘Hmmmmm’ was your only reply. We must have drifted off to sleep, the sun and the wine with lunch taking their toll on our relaxed bodies. I awoke to see the full moon slowly rising over the waves. The only sounds were the crash of the breakers and the small frogs peeping back in the dunes. The raucous cries of the gulls gone now as they went off to wherever it was they slept. I looked over to see you curled up on your side facing away from me. Snuggling closer I wrap my arms around you and. He's arranged a marriage with a foul man, a drug lord or something. I've seen him once, atan embassy party." You mother know about this?"She nodded and sniffed. "I think so. She's afraid of him."I waited."I can't date, can't go to a game or dances, not even a movie. Every Saturday night he come into my bedroom and makes me let him examine my hymen. He says if I lose it, he'll kill me, that I have to stay a virgin until I marry Fauyd. That's the man's name, Something ben Fauyd. I'll be eighteen.