. thing we had together." The man replied"So what is it you want Marcus?" my mother asked, "And how did you find me anyway?" I never 'lost' you Ruthie..." his voice held a smirk in it's tone, "I always keep track of my... pets. As for what I want, I need a hostess for tonight..." NO!" my mother's voice almost shouted across him, "I want nothing to do with you Marcus, I escaped from you sixteen years ago, you can't believe I'd ever go back to that again!"The man's laughter sounded cruel as it. Not him. They even threatened to go to the police." On what charge?" Distributing pornography to minors." Your ex-boyfriend was under eighteen?" No, he wasn't, but most of the guys who got the photo were." But that's not your fault. You told him not to send it out." Exactly! You are literally the first person to see this from my point of view." She could have kissed him. *****They had assembly at the end of the school day. Kelly had mixed feelings about assemblies. Those put on by the student. "You don't plan on doing anything like that, doyou, Gina?" Uh...no."His gave me a wide smile and I wondered for a second if hereally knew who I was and was making fun of my predicament.I realized, though, that he was guileless and had merelybeen teasing me. I would have to get used to that, Isupposed. Jack Murphy wasn't the sort of person otherswanted to tease, but Gina looked a lot less threatening."Let me introduce you to everyone," he said, grabbing myhand and leading me back to the. "Anything? You'll do anything I want?" Janet pressed."Anything," Carrie now said in a somewhat sultry voice.I watched Carrie's eyes as they followed Janet who must have been walking around the room. They seemed glued to her as they suddenly grew very wide as Janet's voice again filled the silence of the room."Well then, I have a surprise for you. I think you know Ranard and Travis," Janet inquired.Ranard and Travis were two of the young roofers we employed to work on our houses. They were big.