"We continued to roll the snow ball till was about 3 feet in diameter. Westarted a second one and while we were busy some boys I knew from school thep...evious school year passed our house, they stopped when they saw what wewere doing. One of them was called Kenny and he was my best friend ingrammar school. He called out to us saying, "Is Chris here, I wanted toexpress my condolences about his father and brother to him."Karen quickly took the situation in hand. Chris is not here, I'm Karen. Good ideas can come from any direction, I’d found. Neither the girls nor I had much of a foundation in the business, but it was ours and I was sure they didn’t want to see it fail. When I got back to the house, I briefed Jeannie on my meeting and I could see the look of concern on her face. She immediately suggested I contact Charlie and let her know the content of the meeting. Jeannie said she sounded very interested in the process and was anxious to hear what was going on. I called her and. When dinner was finished, Penny asked everyone to bring their glasses into the den. She carried in dessert, and served everyone the strawberry pie. She popped in a DVD and settled into the leather couch between Megan and Diane. As the movie progressed, she heard Carol ask Rob if he would mind going out to get more wine. The bottle she had in her hand was almost empty; only one glassful seemed to remain. Carol swirled the amber liquid and thanked her husband, then watched as the other men headed. Where do you think youre going? he asks. Im shaking so badly I can hardly move. Then his hand is around my throat as he forcefully turns me to face him. You were warned. Now I have to punish you. Dragging me by my hair, and me kicking and begging him not to hurt me, he leads me into the living room. Rips my t-shirt off of me and bends me over the coffee table. Straddling my back he ties each one of my hands to a leg of the table. You have forced me to do this. If you would have just stayed.