He could also see that Kina was in tears, and that they were rolling off her face on to the bed.She had never seen anything so grotesque and shocking ...t the same time. She had seen some crude drawings of what boys look like, but nothing like this. She did feel Paul in the pool, but could this be what it looked like? What would happen next? It was nothing like hers. The controlling stranger, who came to be known as Rick when called by Marcus, motioned to his friend to come closer to the bed. Oh, shit. Kellie?”I slipped my head out from behind the shower curtain, reaching for the towel against the wall. “Who else?” I gave him a smile as I wrapped the towel around myself and stepped out of the tub. “I'll be damned.” He looked at me squarely. “I should've known you'd be showing up here. I'd give you a hug, but you're a bit under dressed.”We both laughed as I began to dry myself, carefully not baring anything that wasn't meant to be bared. It was a magical gift most females seemed to. Mark had no idea what this was supposed to do, but he didn't smell anything weird so figured he was good to go. Leaving his bike, he grabbed the yearbook and walked up to the front door."God, give me strength, and help me on this day. Amen."He pushed the doorbell.The girl that opened the door was pretty.Not beautiful. Not in that movie star way. She probably could be, with only a little effort. Certainly, she wasn't ugly, or plain. No. She was just not trying at that moment. Her black hair was. Vid was more than a little disappointed because the coup happened the day after he had come back from the rail blockage in NE Russia.There had been a section in NE Russia that was cut off. It was a community that produced a large volume of natural gas. About 37,000 souls in total were cut off from food and supplies. President Pusin led the charge to get the last major blockage removed from the Russian Rail lines. He used the TV to get additional volunteers to the site. After a marathon of 30.