"Take off your clothes and move to the couch by the front window."Like his dutiful dog, I dropped the rest of my clothes and wobbled weak legged for t...e couch. On the way I grabbed a towel from my bag and a couple lotion bottles that might be useful from my extra bag. I didn't think this would be the reason I needed these, but opportunity is where you find it. I wiped my face with the towel and then my ass, covered the place on the couch I was going to sit and placed the bottles close by.I sat. I knew Tonni’s opinions were those of a young girl; and after all, what did a young girl know about the affairs of adult men. I said that to her one day two seasons ago during the hot season. She told me it was not the affairs of men that I needed to concern myself with, but those of women. I laughed at my sister’s nativity for it was the men who made the decisions in the camp of the Moose Tribe, not the women. She eventually forgave me.I now wondered if she might have been right. One or two. Then came Julie, utterly defeated, afraid of everything and everyone. And then there were the victimized Mickey and her twins Mindy and Mandy, the shy and bewildered boys Eric and Steven, the downtrodden Laura, the fiercely independent but traumatized sisters Nicole and Tiffany, the younger-than-her-fifteen-years Kelly, innocence savagely snatched away, desperate for the affection she could not share.How could she withhold an ounce of her compassion, her heart, her soul, her man, her body? All. As soon as door closed I took off for basement window, I had made some preps during the week, made sure "our" window was open enough to hear everyone and couldn't be closed, dropped a rock between window and frame, changed lights in three way lamps to 100 watts each. As I got to window saw Jerome and Travis laying on a dark blanket, another dark blanket rolled up at their feet, told me ground was damp other blanket was in case some one was walking down street. As I got down beside the, Jerome.