Katie even tried to talk Jenny down but Jenny just ignored heras well. It made for a short afternoon and when we got home, for one ofthe first times ...enny and I went to our own apartments. About a halfhour after we got home, Jenny came over and sat next to me on the couchwhere I was reading for a class. There was a genuine look ofembarrassment and shame on her face. I closed my book and just lookedat her as she slowly began sobbing.'I'm sorry Lex," Jenny said as she broke down. I was mad. You are the one in trouble. Shorty, you and Zeke take the other one. This one belongs to Sam and me." The group split up and two men moved toward Jenny. The other pair moved toward me. I was too near a display rack, so I moved toward the pair headed my way. That seemed to surprise them. Both men brandished wicked looking knives, and I would have been frightened of them if it were not for my skin's protection.When I got close enough, I lashed out with both of my hands and chopped on each wrist. ”With that he dismissed us, though damn near everyone wanted to know how to go about getting shot in the leg and going home. In our squad room, we talked about it. For the next few weeks, we were going to be down two men. Riley and Nanda would have two men each. In addition, even after they returned, we weren’t going back to five-man fire teams. We had taken too many losses around the company. That was going to be our new normal.“How long does it take to heal for broken bones?” asked Montoya.. Cringing before him her mouth full of his penis he had told her the new rules. She belonged to him and she was not to ever question him. From then on he would take care of her. She had a momentary sense of profound unreal ness. She had started to pull her mouth away to protest and he had placed his hand on her head to hold her in place."You have much to learn little Kimberly," he whispered. "Don't talk. Just suck."That was the basis of the relationship from that point on. Kimberly was not.