Getting a man to take you on means having his children. There is no other point to sex in this time, apart from being a sex slave to some hoodlum.”�...�You do know how to encourage a girl, John! Does the same apply to you?”“You mean, if you marry me?”“Yes. That option was suggested by your women. Does that automatically mean children?”“Not necessarily. I am fine with you putting off having children, but all the other women of the tribe will regard you as a freak for that decision, or treat you as a. I promise that I won’t tell Mom and Dad either, if that is what you are worried about," She assured me with a big smile. To further calm me down, she reached out with her right arm and put it around my shoulders, as she looked me in the eye. I almost chocked when she mentioned Mom and Dad. I hadn’t even considered what would happen if they ever found out what I had done. They would never let me visit her again, I was sure of that. What else they would do to me, I had no idea, but I knew it. They would not stay longer on the mountain. Wesley and Pol took the water buckets and dipped them in the current, then doused the fire. They covered the firepit and doused it again.Then they carted all their supplies down the hillside to the waiting vehicle.Thursday 18 August 1955, Kastraki, GreeceDinner was lively when the explorers returned to the little cluster of cottages. As soon as they arrived, Pol spotted his mother and ran to her arms. She had been too worried to stay in Athens and had. Some people played checkers and others chess. Several guys obviously were gambling.One chess-player, a man of about your age, had rocks holding down Ones, Tens, and Twenties. Anyone with cash could challenge him to a match.Jerome did not ask my permission, but rather sat down, pulled out a dollar bill and placed it under the dollar rock. Jerome challenged the guy to a match; the prize was a dollar.The white guy had white pieces, Jerome used the guy’s black. While the game was going on, Jerome.