Nadia had given up begging him to let her go. She just coweredin the painfully bright light while he was there and said nothing. Nadia remembered the ...rphanage ? how the poor food, monstrously cruel staff,and even the merciless bullying from the other girls were luxury compared tothis! Oh why had she sneaked into the cab of the aid lorry? The driver laughedwhen he found her under his sleeping bag but had fed her chocolate and promisedto give her a new life in the West. He kept her hidden while. In amused admiration, Erika giggled, “She is beautiful, but what a tease!”The four images of Christine in her unique dress evoked from Erika a different reaction. She told Ben that Christine had told her about the dress but that she had never seen Christine wear it. Now she knew why! All Erika could say was that it turned Christine into an ultra-sexy hussy.Erika was especially impressed by one picture. On it, Christine lay languidly stretched out on the bed. Her body in the skin-tight dress was. It had two bedrooms (well one bedroom and one very small room that could work as a child’s room in a pinch). It, too, was in dire need of work, although she had made some attempts to decorate the yard with some garden pieces and there were curtains on the windows.But I could tell this place was haggard and time-worn. I put it out of my mind and concentrated on the girl inside. I walked up her old wooden walkway and knocked on her door.“Hi John, come on in I’m just about ready,” she said as she. Connie got behind him, then me and Val, the pack horse tied to his with a long lead, Ricky taking up the rear. I noticed that both of our young guides seemed even more alert than they had been before, their bows held in one hand along with a notched arrow, not draped across their shoulders as they had been for most of the ride.I could see quite a distance in both directions but could not make out any other paths into the valley."Is this the only entrance?" I asked."The only one on this side,".