She leaned in to kiss each of us. “Do I smell bacon?”“Mmm. Your mother, unless the boys are cooking,” I said. “She must have beaten us to th... kitchen this morning.” Melody’s mood soured a little. We took our turns in the bathroom and wandered out toward the kitchen together. Lexi entertained the boys at the breakfast bar while she cooked at the stove. We all paused to listen. Melody stiffened a little, but Lissa and I hugged her between us. I could feel some of the tension drain out of her.“My. There were 2 tables joined together and in front were a few chairs arranged. Looked like drinks would be there on the table and people would enjoy themselves sitting on the chair.They covered the tables with red cloth and the guests were made to sit on the chair. Drinks were already being served to them. Mimi wore the hot pant and black bra and came towards me. She was looking ravishing. Anybody would have paid to fuck her.She came to me and hugged me and said, “Thanks for being there with me.. Just before the Easter break, she sent me a text – could she bring home a friend? For supper? Of course – why not?The surprise was the friend she brought home. I had assumed – you know what they say about 'assume'? That the friend was a contemporary. Well, Anna was at Uni; she was actually undertaking the PGCE course (the teaching qualification) but she wasn't a youngster. She looked about forty (actually, as I found out later, she was fifty-one). Even apart from that, she couldn't have been. I took one of the dogs an' ran ahead ta see what them bastards wuz doin', especially how they wuz treatin' Martha. When I caught up, I saw one of the men carryin' the little girl, so I knew how much they valued her. I could understand why: she would easily be worth $200 on the slave block.The men wasn't walkin' all that fast, so the rest of my people caught up ta me pretty soon. We poked along behind the slavers lookin' fer our opportunity. There wuz six men, an' Danny had outthunked me by.