’ Matt went down to their suite and found Katie reading on their balcony. After a quick shower and dressing, he described Richard and Cindy’s prob...em and asked what she thought about the chances of helping with their problem. ‘I really don’t know, but I guess that it wouldn’t hurt to try. Which ones were they on the stage last night?’ ‘They were the couple you had sing a duet.’ ‘Oh, yeah! They weren’t bad. They certainly went under easily. About mid-thirties I think. Wait a minute! I remember. ’ She said. She recounted the night- she was debilitated and met a boy who took her home and looked after her until morning. When she woke sober, he told her he loved her. They had talked all night but she only remembered fragments. Three days of thinking later, she called him and returned the sentiment. They spoke every night afterwards and he proposed a month later. He was a Volunteer. Her family and friends doubted the decision, but she needed to leave Mississippi. She wanted a life. A woman in rags cried helplessly as she was knocked down to the floor, her body shoved and held down as armed soldiers burst into her home and raided the poor shack. The sound of cracking wood exploded as another high pitched scream was heard, and the mother wailed in protest. In the exposed bedroom a young girl flailed on the furs that were her bed. She was frantically thrashing her body as two large men grappled her, one grabbing her thin arms while the other secured her kicking legs. The. But it was too late, I grew dizzy, and then wobbly, and then a ringing began to rise in my ears. I stepped forward three times, and then fainted. And that was that. 3. I woke up a few seconds later, on the floor, Chelsea looking worried, in her little boy-pant undies and a camisole. It’s a distinctly male attribute that the first feeling I had upon waking up from a fainting spell was arousal. ‘Are you hard! Oh that is so gross. Jesus Alex, what the fuck is wrong with you? Listen, you’ve been.