"Oh heck! I remember once, - no, that was years ago. It couldn't bethat." What," asked Doctor Wendy, "What was years ago?"Virginia hesitated."It was ... long time ago, when I was a little bo, - a little boy. Mymother and sister used to beat me for dressing up. My sister would hitme around the kidneys and once I passed blood." Good God," gasped Doctor Wendy, "did you ever have any severe painsafter it?"Virginia nodded as the cruel memories returned. Memories she had longago blanked off. A tear. I can’t see anything in this dark’ The girl looked down and her voice faded for a short while. Was she thinking about the offer? It sounded more as if it confused her. ‘It is dark… Nah, you have to go,’ she said at last. ‘Leave me alone.’ This time she sounded far more firm. A command rather than a request. Almost like Miss Belamy. ‘But—’ ‘Go!’ she shouted and it sounded as much a cry of terror on her behalf as it did his. Eldrian stepped back, turning around halfway across the room. His. ”My mind was whirling. What was happening here?“You may hate me for asking this, but I have to. Can you honestly tell me that this is just about Kate’s wish to lose it? You’re not trying to sacrifice your sexy little sister to me because you’re afraid that if you mess up, I might get bored and wander off and leave you?”Jessica’s eyes flashed with anger, and she leaned very close to me, pointing her finger at my face to punctuate her words. “You need to learn one thing about me, buster, that I. .Six months after that night I proposed to Gina at our favorite restaurant; that Italian place where we went on our first date I got down on one knee and pulled out a two carat diamond I took her hand and asked her to marry me! Tears were streaming down her pretty face when she said yes the whole restaurant stood up and applauded us...That June we were married at our favorite spot on that beach with all our friends present she was a vision in white no bride ever looked lovelier than my Gina we.