" Her brows angled down sharply. How had she gotten herself into this position with this guy? * Eight hours prior to “Now” at a cottage on Raven's...Lake... Lena stepped out from the passenger side of the VW Beetle, holding her loaded school bag. The look of concern on her face was noticeable only to her apparently, as the driver --her friend Donna-- stood on the other side of the vehicle with a very pleased look of her own. "Thank God! Fresh air!" Donna declared running her hands through her. " Let me go," I whimpered as I struggled against them. "Don't you dare."His hands were up and mere inches away from my chest."So how big are they?" he asked again and he put both hands on my chest and squeezed me hard."Stop it, stop it," I cried."So tell us and I'll stop," he laughed and he squeezed me again."Please don't," I whimpered, I was completely broken."So?" he said."I'm a 'C' cup," I whispered."What's that?" he shouted, "a 'C' cup." Please," I whimpered my head down in shame."Fucking. Her mother had somehow discovered something about Harriet's promiscuity and there had been an awful row. Harriet said that she never wanted to go home to her parents again.Sarah and I finally managed to convince her that we both loved her like a daughter and would be happy to have her move in permanently with us. Getting her belongings from her parents' place was a bit tricky, but somehow Sarah managed it and Harriet has lived with us ever since. Harriet and Angie often have Tom and Dick stay. ‘But here is the most interesting part. Emily wrote that Marina in later years spoke of the ‘leshonah’ to her children and grandchildren. She spoke of the ‘leshonah’ and that it was given to Cortes by Montezuma. Right, our Golden Wedge of Ophir. Marina told tales of how she saw and held the ‘leshonah’ and many other treasures of gold and jewels Cortes was given by Montezuma. Marina told her family of how the ‘leshonah’ and other riches were lost in the water during ‘noche triste.’ Now, for yet.