.. !" Wha... ? What's wrong?" Mark confusedly stammered, bolting upright in the guest-room bed to stare blankly at his obviously distraught friend. "W...at the hell is it... ?" Easy, keep your voice down!" Steve gestured with his hand, still speaking under his breath. "I don't think we should upset the girls with it... ! Lydia Newell, she was attacked and gang raped this morning by two dogs from the wild-pack... right in broad daylight, for Christ's sake! The whole fucking town is up- in-arms.... And this was going to be one of those things."Kim, do you have a moment? I need to talk with you about Pat." She saidearly one Saturday morning. "Sure, Mary. What's bothering you? He'sprobably going to be up in another half hour!" She answered. "I know."She said. Then she calmly went over all the times she had seen Pattouching or feeling not only Kim's intimate garments, but hers as well.She was suprised to learn that Kim had observed most of the same thingsand even some additional things that. I sat in the back, next to Becky. Our target for the mission was a Union 76 gas station on the outskirts of the town. As we approached it, Becky gave me a furtive look and a barely perceptible nod. I nodded back and reached quietly down with my left hand, between my seat and the back door of the car. Becky had stashed a saturated sponge there earlier. My fingers found it and squeezed it, wetting my hand thoroughly. I looked in the rear view mirror and, when I was certain that John was not. "If the wolves have to wait, you do, too." It's for Violet," he pointed at the registration tent. Violet made eating motions. "See?" Ok. For Violet, I'll do it." She shouted at the kids, "Don't get your knickers in a twist ... I'm feeding Violet. If you want to work I'll feed you."The gang of kids disappeared at the word ... work.She groused about 'Kids these Days', 'permissive parents' and 'crazy laws' ... and 'it wasn't like that when I was growing up' ... Ed was right there holding out the.