Then when we arrived and they removed the blindfold I foundmyself in a beauty salon filled with women. With "other women," theyexplained to me as the... placed me in a chair and began giving me athorough makeover. "You'll soon be a woman like them." When Iprotested, they secured my arms and then continued as before, doing mynails, my toes, my hair, my face, my skin, my whole body, meanwhiledrenching me in perfume, a unique scent, mine, "so we'll always knowwhere you are and you can't hide,". She had to laugh at herself. Here she was with several million dollars well secured in a reasonably conservative investment portfolio, whining about her lot in life and here was a man who evidently hauled shit for a living and seemed quite contented. From the reaction of the deputy sheriff, Jake was evidently not of the criminal element. There had definitely been more than a passing acquaintance, the two men knew each other…were friends…good friends. Taylor realized she had no real friends,. "Paige shivered and took a deep breath. And then she started unspooling her tale, haltingly and a little out of order. "I found out about a week ago, right when I got back to campus. My period was due right after New Year's, actually. I'm almost always like clockwork. Every four weeks: boom, there it is. But I was late. I'm never late. But I couldn't take a pregnancy test, not in parents' house. And I wasn't sure how to sneak it around them. So I just had to wait ... and wait ... and wait ... I. ‘Why don’t we wander around the neighborhood. Maybe that will cool us off!’ Now, being a c***d exhibitionist, I really meant that I wanted to take risks being seen. The other two thought this was a neat idea so we cautiously made our way alongside the house to the street. This was actually quite risky because the street, while quiet, was well lit and if anybody bothered to peer out of their darkened windows, they would have seen the three of us, naked as the day we were born. None of us had.