Not five minutes later, I found I couldn't lift my head from the mattress, I couldn't speak. I couldn't even lift a finger, as cliché as that sounds....I remained conscious for the time being, which I thought was a good thing at the time. The only part of me that I could move were my eyes. I sent up a silent prayer that whatever was wrong didn't seem to affect my autonomic functions like breathing and swallowing.The only sound I could hear was Dao-Ming as she grunted and groaned, riding me. . wicked.He closed the distance between them in but a moment, and hugged her close again. She responded more slowly this time, but eventually sighing she gave into the warmth he showed her and hugged him back."I've changed my mind," he whispered. "I won't ask you how you feel about this; I won't give you the chance to say no. The door is locked ... We are on the third floor ... you are in a foreign country where you don't speak the language. You have no choices left, no ways out. I have decided. How could she do something like that? And the outright shamelessness of her behavior surprised me. Rebecca has always been a mouse.I said, “When did you record this?”He said, “They did it in the parking lot right after the rest of you left.”Unbelievable! I knew that I had to have a “Come to Jesus” talk with my friend as soon as I got out of the hospital. I WAS aware that Lance had been working hard on her. And I knew that she was not capable of holding off a true predator. She was just too. "I hugged her to me, absorbing her tears on my shirt. There was no way of telling whether she had enjoyed it or regretted it, and I wasn't going to ask. Every girl has secrets to keep from her mother, especially the ones about her sexuality. It was best left alone.The rest of the summer I debated between confronting Sarah with my knowledge about her and Gail and leaving them alone. They were thirteen and acted accordingly. One day they were the best of friends and the next they were mortal.