Some years later, as I entered into my teen years, I became more aware of girls and of course, myself, as I began to mature. It was one summer when we...were visiting my dad's aunt, when her son, about 30-35 years old, came into the bedroom where I was reading a book that I had found written by Oral Roberts, back when he was having visions to build the infamous tower of prayer at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa OK, by a 900 foot Jesus. He sat by me, and began touching me on my bare legs, as. You are the only one of the three of you who actually had a background in our field. But you just skated along doing only those assignments that would bring you a lot of recognition from higher up, or just flat out stealing the credit for work that I did. In fact you resorted to that more and more. It is probably only your earlier efforts that kept you from becoming as small as Stephanie."He glanced down at Steph after mentioning her. She had her arms over her head trying to protect herself as. Mornay's private little casino for his very close friends." He seemed to put extra emphasis on the "very" and Laura had a sudden obscene vision of lovely girls sitting nude at the tables while Mr. Mornay directed the play at their expense."I-It's a lovely place," she sad hesitantly, "but what does this have to do with me?" Simple, Laura baby. I said we were going to gamble. Take your pick. Blackjack, dice or roulette?" I-I don't understand. What are we going to gamble for?" Money, baby. The. It's hard to do and I am slow to raise my head to look. He says nothing, but I sense his impatience. I look at his face. His eyes burn into mine, he means what he says. He waits, he knows I will obey. I turn my head so that I have to watch what he's doing in the mirror. I watch his arm come down, fast, and realize he is really swinging really hard. And in that microsecond before I feel it, I am really scared. I know how much it's going to hurt. When it hits the sensation vibrates through.