I saw some articles of clothing in the yard and decided to gather them together for the party guests still sleeping. The cool grass felt good under fo...t as I began to grab clothes off of the ground. I walked closer towards the bushes when I heard voices in the distance. I couldn’t hear exactly what was being said but it sounded like two people engaged in a sexual romp. I dropped the bundle of clothes and crawled closer toward the bushes. I peered through the cover of branches to see two bodies. She was kind of prudish but she got that from our mother. Mom never let Madeline wear anything too revealing or too sexy. However Madeline was starting to resist and talk back to her occasionally. Madeline desperately wanted to become normal.Our parents had a regular Saturday pinochle game at their friend’s house and had for a long time. We kids were dragged along or left with a babysitter for years until we were old enough to stay home alone. Even so mom would call us one or twice each evening. " In thebedroom, she found a pair of panties, and told me that she didn't want meto have an "accident" while shopping. She put a large overnight femininepad in the crotch of the panties and said, "Here put these on."I struggled to slip the panties on and keep the "napkin" in proper placepushed up into my ass crack. Next I pulled up the Capri pants and smoothedthem into place. Ann told me to freshen up my make-up since it got smearedservicing Tom earlier. While touching up my make up, I noticed. And her face?Utterly angelic. Ever hear the term “bee-stung lips”? She has them in spades. True wonders of the world. And despite her beauty, she projects purity and wide-eyed innocence; her cornflower-blue eyes seem to hold an air of permanent wonder. She has “Iowa home town girl” written all over her. She’s pristine. As if the corruption of the world cannot touch her.But it does.Again, and again, and again. Sometimes she wears a blue and white striped long sleeve shirt to hide the bruises on.