Mandy made it through her testimony but it was close. The defense attorney badgered her as to why she didn't report the crime when it happened, hintin... that she had been a willing partner, and that she had a reputation for being rather free with her sexual favors.Though the attorney tried to brush off her explanations, the jury seemed to believe her... Her story was supported when two other girls testified to being in the same church and that the policy of the church was that it was always the. Some of the clans had never really accepted John in the first place, but hadn't felt able to object, especially after his knife throw win against them all.Between them John and Tuk decided that Tuk would enter the archery game. In fact, John had so much status he had no need to compete in any of the games, and could let his people gather all the status themselves. After all, he was Caravan master, and rich enough to provide silk tents for his entire troupe, plus he had his former knife throwing. “I don’t have the bathers here this time” said Quim.“Its dark, we don’t need bathers” said Pedro cheekily as he undid his shirt to reveal his tanned muscular torso. I could already feel my cock bulging at the sight of Pedro’s chest, the mist of black hair against his tanned skin and snail trail down to his belly button. His eyes glistened in the light as our eyes locked. I began undoing my shirt also, and my Dad smiled looking from behind Quim who was looking at me as I took my shirt off. That tended to be how she related to the world. I made it clear to her in a very unemotional, professional, non-hostile way and so others could hear me that I didn’t want to be touched. It was not nasty, it was not mean. It was a direct and firm request. It could not be taken in any other way. This sounds small, but it put up a boundary, it gave her limits. ‘If you make it clear to him that touching is unwelcome, then you’ve changed his go signals to stop signs. If he doesn’t respect that, then.