Kara waited for the laughter to die down and said, "Andrea just got engaged to a lucky man in the audience. This is her first time on stage and she's ... little nervous. So I want everyone to be real nice to her."It's difficult to characterize the crowd's response. There were a lot of lewd comments. But for some strange reason I could tell that those men genuinely like Kara and Jo and of course they're happy to make Andrea's acquaintance.Kara put the microphone down. Instead of the blaring dance. My first contact with her was through teaching her and then in time she would come to me to get papers signed for instance for me to sign the form for her to renew her passport. Later she came and she was quite upset when she told me that her parents had arranged a marriage for her back in India. She was not very happy about it and she wanted me o help her find a husband in England, but this request was beyond my abilities so, when I lost contact with her I presumed that she had gone back to. I had never seemed lonely when I was working, but now days and weekswould go by without my having a meaningful conversation with anyone otherthan the cashier at the variety store where I bought my daily newspapers.Five of them - I had nothing better to do than read different newspapersreporting the same news.Even the walk in the woods had turned into a bit of a bore. It had beenmore exciting when I was 8, but maybe that was because then I wassurrounded by the other Cubs in my pack. Now I had no. The windows were curtained with heavy fabric to keep out the chill, it made the inside dim. It was a warm winter day and I felt downright cozy resting on the plush seating, despite the new gowns tightness around my breasts and the cinching of my waist. My eyes grew heavy and blinking became an effort that I gave up. My dark lashes rested on my cheeks, cheeks pure white and guarded from the sun as though the most prized asset of the world. I had reached my fifthteenth year only last week and.