‘I knew she wanted to go out with you but I had no idea!’ she told me. Asking her to keep it quiet at school, I left her to talk to Lori. I trie... calling her Mom but the phone just rang. They had turned off the answering machine. Lori played with the food on her plate at dinner but didn’t eat. Tuesday was about the same except that Paula, Lori’s sister came to check on her. She confirmed that her Dad was avoiding us both and that any mention of either of us had resulted in a furious glare. It. October 12, 1990, Chicago, Illinois“You got Therese to cover for you tonight?” Kara asked.“Yes. Jolene had a date and I wasn’t going to miss the Reds!”“What’s this BS with the Pirates starting a middle reliever?” Elyse asked.“Ted Power is a lefty. He’ll pitch an inning or two, then they’ll bring in the regular starter, Zane Smith, who’s a righty. It keeps the Reds from doing what they usually do with platooning players to get the correct hitting matchups. It’s a slick move by Leyland.”It didn’t. I felt several more hands groping at my body, squeezing and poking at me and tearing at my clothes. They left me in a thong and bra and dragged me across the room roughly, to a dirty mattress in the middle of the room. Now, the one who had covered my eyes moved so that I could see what was going on. There were about twenty guys surrounding me and another ten or so girls. I couldn’t see around them to see what else was going on in the room, but the smell of sex was everywhere and the loud din. I also knew that if I said yes I would give him a memory that might change his life. I said, “Bruce, what I intend to do with you, I would prefer to do in private. Do you have a room where we can go right now?”He turned even redder than usual. He was so short of breath, he could not speak. He grasped my hand and led me through the house and down a hall. From behind a closed door I heard sounds that indicated one of my brothers was hard at what I expected Bruce and I would be doing in a few.