You start mixing Suzi into it, and it becomes something else.”I asked, “Do you have any urges to rape her like you did me?”I saw the tears form ...n his eyes as he said softly, “No. The things I did to her is what makes me hate Steven the most.”I nodded. Many of his nightmares had Suzi in them, though they just as likely had his parents or Sarah in them too. He had even had a few about Brad, Sandi, the twins, my mom, and other people we knew from school. Not John or any of the ring slaves for. "Claire's heart leapt at this statement. She had always told people how much she envied people like her grandparents, how hard it must be to stay with one person for that long a period of time and never get bored of them, never wanting to leave, never wondering if you were better off not getting married in the first place. If anyone could tell her the secret to a long, happy marriage, it was the woman hunched over her chair at this very moment."I have a little wedding gift for you." Her. “Oh darling that was so good” she said “was it good for you?” Barry smiled “it was wonderful” he said. He didn’t say anymore. He lay there wondering what had gotten into his wife. Last night she had rebuffed his amorous advances but tonight she seemed like she couldn’t get enough. Although he was overjoyed this nagging feeling would not be denied. What had changed that had turned his frigid wife into a sexual predator. He had a shower and went into the living room and turned on the TV. Millie. Mom as usual was her suspicious self. “A hike? Mind if we all come with you?”“Nah it's just us kids, you old people will just slow us down.”“Old? Were only 35! Were probably in better shape than you two,” dad said.“In shape enough to run around this whole area?”“(After a slight pause) You two have fun then!” He took the bait.We said bye as we headed out the door with Aunt Lisa making a kiss face at us, and we just smiled and scurried out the door as fast as we could. Once we were outside Rita.