" I'd guess quite a few. It's not destruction to give people growth and to give them an honest choice about whether to make a sacrifice. If what you'v... showed me has meaning, then I am not destroying myself. I'm acting out of love." Why now?" Why not? If I had something specific that needed to happen within the next year, I'd wait. If you want to do something with me, let's do that."She sighed. "Do you know how it's done? Do you know what this will be for you?" No." Well, perhaps that at least. ..” He smiled.“I’ll do most things if the price is right ... but if my promise means anything to you, you have it.”“Very well then, I believe you and I put myself in your hands, just tell me what you want me to do and I’ll do it.”“A wise choice!” he exclaimed, “We have some time to wait, though. But may I ask you one thing ... your clothes?”It had been some time since she was abducted and she had gotten so used to it that it now seemed quite normal, so she grinned in the near-darkness.“Ah, yes!. She even told me she understood my reasoning, but then, she added that she was hurt that I was in such a hurry to explore this willingness to begin seeing other people again.I knew I had to tell her about the dream, and about the fears I had that I might be becoming someone I didn't want to be.I started talking about Brenda and Emily, and what I had been trying to negotiate with Brenda. She listened to me, at first, but her comments whenever I paused, were becoming angry attacks at me. To her,. I wasn't so sure what all that meantuntil my father showed me a story on some web site -- I don't rememberthe name, but it was all pink and silky-lookin'. That was it for me. Myparts were history not long after."Teddi leaned to her friend by her side. "It's your turn now, Jerri. Goahead. Tell Bobbi your story. Come on, we're all girls here." Teddiwhispered to me, "She's a little shy."Jerri shuffled her feet and twisted in her seat. "Well, all right. Iknew I was a girl not long after I had.