"I'm still a virgin."She looked at me, incredulous, and smiled wickedly. "How the fuck are you still a virgin?"I stared at her. "What?" I asked, "I ha...en't had time, between school and watching out for you."She looked at me. "Sorry I've ruined your social life," she said."No, Val, that's not what I was talking about. I just meant that I've had too much on my plate to worry about scoring." Oh my God," she laughed, "that term is so ridiculously out of date." See? I'm so out of the loop that I. "Yes, nice and pretty now! These pretty clothes will take all of thatrambunctiousness right out of you!"I felt sickened and could feel my nervousness. Alone in her bedroom, Icould smell the perfume. But except for the sounds the clothes made theroom was totally silent. I felt the cool, satiny rayon of the dress asMadge pulled it up. It slithered up and over the lacy, nylon slip andpast my waist. She made me hold my arms out then pulled the dress up.After looking me over she went around behind. "I was only going home. I'm sure I can have a working dinner with you. Let me call David."He looked at her intensely, piercing her with his eyes. His stare was hard and she shivered in reaction. What did she expect? One minute she was talking about leaving David and being with him, then for two weeks she disappeared with no explanation. He deserved an explanation.She got David's voicemail, which she expected. Earlier in the day David had informed her that he would be having some late meetings. Please tell me you’re not saying what I think you’re saying. Anything but that. In the name of all that is just and right in this world, please don’t let her be talking about what I think she’s talking about. ‘It started right after middle school. My older brother and I shared a room. At night he would come over and touch me when he thought I was asleep. I wasn’t.’ Please let these be lies. Please. ‘After a while, he just came over and did it while I was awake.’ ‘He knew how to read my body,.