My granddaughter Stephanie is the pretty girl standing next to...”That was as far as Caroline managed before Marcell interrupted with a hearty laugh...and began speaking rapidly in Hungarian. When he finally stopped talking, Agnes began translating his thoughts into English. “Grandfather finds it very funny that you introduce the President of the United States simply as your granddaughter. She is the most famous, most beautiful woman in the world, yet to you she is simply Gwen.“He is very proud. ? She pulled the bag from Riley’s hands and pulled out the collar. As they walked to the car, she tried to thread the tag onto the ring. Struggling with it, she popped open the driver’s side door and sat down in the seat.Riley stood on the other side of the car, feeling a little foolish. Looking around, she could see other people wandering to their cars and getting in. She watched through the window as Amanda successfully threaded the tag onto the ring. Amanda held up the collar triumphantly.. He walked over to me, and in accented Somali, he asked me if I had seen the bus go by. I coyly told him that I missed the last one. He looked at the seat next to mine and asked me whether he could sit down. I nodded, and he plopped down next to me. I asked him where he was from, and he told me that he grew up in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, but his parents came from Somaliland. And that’s how I met Omar Laban, the Somali-American stud from Minnesota. We exchanged numbers, added each. I had seen better angels than me ... mad with the addiction.There was no turning back now. I had given myself to him last night ... and in the thrall of the demon's seductions, I had done it gladly. But now, away from the distracting sex, I had to acclimatize to what that truly meant.There would be no return.A dark road had opened its wide maw in front of me. I was staring down an eternal path of slavery, ridden with sex and with evil.How long would it be until I didn't recognize.