"Don?ttouch her," he said. I was getting very tired and thirsty, and askedthem for water.The nasty guy didn?t care my begging for water, and declined,...but theother gave me some. "Danke," I said.The nasty guy was getting impatient, and started beating me again. Hetore my dress into pieces, and my breast was revealed. The other didn?ttake part.He began touching my breasts. Don?t touch her, he said repeatingly. Heput out a cigaret on one of my tits, I screamed.He stopped again. I begged for water. "You really want to know?" "Yes, I do." "Okay." She closed her eyes. "My sister, Lila, and I came here about three years ago. We sang together . . . I did the music, and wrote the lyrics, and we thought we had had something." "I bet you did." Luke squeezed her. "Then we met Sam. Sam Hollings. We were playing in this little club and he just . . . ." Emma felt herself blush and wiped at her eyes. "I guess I was just too stupid. He was handsome and slick and I believed everything he said. He told. He looked down and smiled, then went back to my aunt who was leaning over to whisper in his ear.Then I heard him say to her, "Do you really mean it. With me?" Yes, with you," she said and leaned forward to kiss him on the lips."Yeah, oh, I'd love that," he said and she told him to go down the hall to the end to her bedroom and wait for her.Then she turned to me and sat down."I think Robbie is going to have sex for the first time, Laura. You can wait here for a while or you can come watch, maybe. There were quite a few people in the bar tonight. Friday nights at Shakey's Dive appeared to be a happening place. It looked like many of the people in the bar were couples. Some were on dates, others were with friends and other couples. Nobody had looked in direction since he walked through the door. He was feeling a bit overwhelmed and alone. Chris drank his beer and ordered another glass. While he waited for the bartender he stared down at his coaster. He started to think about his.