When she left the shelter of her new friends' homes, she still had to return to the hell that was her own home. As she spent more and more time away, ...er mother's verbal attacks became more focused and intense when she was available to be abused. After a couple hours of it each night, the young girl would take refuge in drugs to purge her mind of the hate and pain. They enabled her to tune her mother out, and look forward to the coming morning when she would physically escape again. She was. What did I do with those keys?" I realized as she turned away that she wasn't coming back. I knew the keys were just outside the door on an end table. Andshe didn't return until she heard the forlorn wail I made fifteenminutes later as my stretched sphincter finally released. I wasstraining to keep as much of my body out of the filth as I couldand crying like a lost toddler. She clucked her tongue at me and looked disgusted. "Well,Sheila. That's your third fuck up already, and. When it came time to go out, Alan said that he had had enough to drink so we said that he could stay behind if he liked while we went out to the pub.When we got to the pub I asked her what had happened that afternoon? Lucy said that after class had finished they had all gone to the pub together but then after a while they had split up into little groups Lucy had ended up sitting next to Alan and the subject had gotten round to sex, she had told him about the orgy we had had a few weeks earlier. I can give a full recounting and repayment upon our reunion, but right now my only recourse is to offer baksheesh to the corrupt official who is holding my passport. I hate to have to come to you, my dear, but all other avenues are closed to me. I need to raise fifty thousand dollars...” Adam turned to Kara and her mother. “You do know what this sounds like?”“Mom and I have discussed it,” she replied. “It looks like a romance scam.”“He goes on to recommend sending money through Western Union.