She finished him, and hoped it was over. The third boytook her next. By this time she was ready to throw up, in fact, whenthey finally allowed her t... run up the stairs and leave the house, shedid exactly that. She knew that she wouldn't be able to hide herinjuries and dishevelment from her mother, and she was right. Shepoured out the whole sordid tale, sobbing more than she ever had in herlife. She had seen the red marks on the three boys she had beenrequired to submit to, and she hadn't. Elizabeth is pregnant.”Kara laughed softly, “Wow! There are three words I never expected to hear in the same sentence!”“No kidding. Any changes to your plan?”“Other than drawing cards for random sex partners? No.”I laughed, “That is NOT happening, and you know it! I do have one concern.”“Natalie?”“Yes.”“I talked at length with Elaine and in the end, she gave Natalie the option, though counseled against it. Natalie will be here.”“I’m assuming Chris doesn’t know?”“And still doesn’t know you and. " A little momma's boy?" I said with a question in my tone."I think maybe he was." What's that mean?" Ask him. You're his best buddy now." C'mon here bitch," I ordered, "We've done enough talking."Ten days later, as we watched two strippers doing a lesbo scene at a local club, Charley told me he wouldn't be around for awhile, that he had to go to China for a week."There's an opening for us," he explained, "The President has been putting some pressure on them. Wants them to up their U.S.. 15 before they left. Before the sound of their car had died away Graham had scooted upstairs for a quick shower and reappeared 5 minutes later wearing just pyjama trousers. Alex and I followed suit, washing and drying ourselves as quickly as we could, then wearing just underpants we joined Graham in the lounge. Graham was sitting in the middle of the large sofa and as we sat one each side of him he put his arms round us and hugged. We turned slightly toward him, kissed him and gently stroked.