.?” A slight smile briefly crossed her face, and we made eye contact for the first time. She had a lovely face with large soulful brown eyes, an up...urned ‘pixie’ nose and rich full lips. There was definitely some exotic blood in her lineage. “I can’t accept charity,” she mumbled as she studied my face intently. Her voice was almost angelic and her mannerisms oozed childlike innocence. She leaned toward me, spilling the money onto the console. Her tiny hands were quite deft as the slid. "I really do wish I had a sister. You are so lucky," said Emma."Yes, we are," smiled Sandra. She looked at Jessica who smiled backknowingly."So, I see you like your dolls," said Emma.Jessica and Sandra were now "feeding" their new dolls and obviouslyenjoying it."I've never had a baby doll before," said Jessica. "I've got a dollcalled Lucy." I've got a friend at school called Lucy," said Emma.Jessica put down her new doll and fetched Lucy. It was the doll thatJulia had bought her in July."She's. One day Sheena announced to all in her hearing, that she really fancied Tony and planned to "get him" as she put it. Jill rashly responded by saying "I will bet you 300 pounds that I will bed him before you."There was a silence in the discussion as the girls digested Jills challenge." You will stand no chance — you're still a baby." Sheena responded.Jill responded quietly "Well darling the bet is on the table, and I will also let you have him for a night when I have won the bet, just to show. Not an alkie quite yet, but probably not too far off it at the time. Folks were always telling me that the booze would kill me in the end. Not that I cared much, I didn’t really have much reason to go on. Why … well, why do you think? Because of a woman and the way the police have victimised me since she’d been gone. If anyone wanted to buy me another decent pint I might be persuaded to tell them the story. I suppose I’d better go back to the beginning. I’ll try to keep the story as brief as.