...?" she glares at him withanger. Her father grabs her wrist "She has pushed me to far this timeCrystal!" he screams in her face. Crystal replys "Wha... did she dothis time daddy, stand? sit? talk? huh what did she do please tell me."she says in a emotionless defeated voice. Her father smiles at her slowlyreleasing her arm "Now what have I said about interfering in my businessyoung lady?" Crystal looks at her father solemnly and replies in anelectronic tone of voice "Your business is your. One, a tall, skinny man wearing only a torn pair of trousers, grabbed her from behind, his hand over her mouth and a deadly edged cutlass resting against her neck. The other, clad in little more, moved in front of her. His hands were empty, but just his appearance was enough to fill her with dread. The stench of both men was overpowering."Cry out and it'll be the last sound yer pretty throat ever makes," the man behind her, whose name was Rourke, warned as he slowly removed his hand from her. She was me.Her face was pale, both from nervousness and the foundation I wore. Therewas a scant trace of pink on my cheeks. My lips were a slash of redcolor. My blue eyes were lined, dusted with shadow, and my lashes werecaked in mascara. Diamond studs glittered in my ears."Stand up."I did as the woman said. My ballgown style wedding dress rustled softlyas I stood."Just look at you."I could see more of myself in the mirror now. My white dress ballooneddown to the floor. The sweetheart neckline. ”“No, I think it was more of a failed experiment. She HAD to try it. She’d been talking about it almost since we met when we discussed how she discovered she preferred girls.”“I don’t think it’s a preference in her case. Not even close. I think her attraction is like mine - solidly at the end of the scale, and nothing either of us can do would move us from that situation. You can choose who you want to be with, kind of like Josie can. Jennifer, Lauren, and I can’t. And even in your case, you.