‘You drove me here after the concert. Boy, no more booze for you!’ Jasmine shrieked in surprise when Ashley snapped her up from the floor and pull...d her into her lap for an excruciatingly tight embrace. ‘You’re alive! Oh my God Jasmine! Thank God you’re alive!’ Tears fell from Ashley’s eyes in pure happiness. ‘Of course I am,’ Jasmine mumbled in confusion against her friend’s shoulder. ‘I can’t breathe, sweetie.’ Ashley eased up just a bit. ‘I’m so happy, you just don’t even know.’ She let go. All of the men looked extremely powerful. Each had a buzz cut and they all wore the typical green Marines t-shirt with combat boots and green camo pants. They all stopped talking and joking when I awkwardly walked up to them and raised my hand to say hi. I introduced myself and did some small talk with the men. None of them were very interested in talking to me and some were a bit annoyed. That is until I changed the subject. "I wanted to ask you all to do me a favor...." I then pulled out a. I... can't, he knows..." Yes, he knows something about you that you want to keep secret, but whatever it is, it isn't as bad as what he'll do to you, turn you into." But he has a tape..."The girl seemed bewildered, unable to focus on Rhonda's warning."You've got to leave, now before he..." Hey, I didn't hear our new recruit arrive," came a voice from the hallway. "Come on in... Laura, isn't it?"The girl nodded, her eyes showing fear, already subservient to her blackmailer."Laura this is Rhonda,. “You don’t know how good you feel.”It took a few seconds before Jason felt steady enough to continue walking. “If Gene,” it still felt odd referring to her father by his first name, “wasn’t a jerk, you could go to school with me. I’d walk you to your classes, and we’d sneak kisses along the way.”“In school? Kids kiss in school?”“They do all kinds of stuff, all over the place.”“And you do what? Ignore it?”“It’s creepy to stare. So, yeah, ignore it and keep walking.”Inside the kitchen, something.