It is a mark of my inner disciplinethat I remove my hand and allow my need to ease. My body is his. I give itwillingly. Pleasure, pain...all his to co...trol through me. It was one of myfirst promises to him. Only he would ever again draw this body to a climax. Returning to the here and now, I realize more time has passed than I hadallowed. With controlled urgency I complete my shower, dry off and move tothe next step. Forty minutes, I look at the clock. Hair, make-up and perfume,I laugh as it. That afternoon that Rodger attacked her, he had known instantly. He would have gone to her immediately, but he was on the helm and couldn’t leave, no matter how much he wanted too. While she hadn’t told him of the incident, he still knew.He had felt her anger and her distress, and somehow, he even knew who had upset her, long before he found out about Rodger’s injuries. The fucking moron picked the wrong woman to try raping. He deserved everything she did to him and more as far as Kyle was. "Regina said, "Really, it was standing last night."Elbert said, "I bet it was resurrected just for last night."Regina asked, "It can do that?"Elbert said, "Well, people would die in that place for aninexplicable reason that one night a year. I have lived in this townmy entire 73 years."Regina thought about what the pastor and Elbert told them.Lillian walks in with lemonade and she said, "Are you scaring ourguest with your stories?"Elbert said, "Honey, I am only telling them the truth about. " She traded her sweater for the heavy jacket. "Should I wear jeans?" Bring a pair, and a nice pair of slacks, too."Danielle repacked, and this time her aunt and uncle met her at the door. Jenny, she noted, wasn't coming with them. She was probably in bed with her boyfriend again, she thought, and dismissed the girl.They took the tram to Terminus, and got off at the Gate Building. Everything had to be inspected, just like before getting on a plane. Satisfied that she wasn't taking anything back.