Standing behind the table was a tall auburn haired woman laying out a sheet across the table. She was dressed in a starched white outfit, the kind tha... nurses and health professions wore the world over. Although her blouse was opened far wider than any nurse Alyssia had ever met. Then again, this was the tropics. Her smooth skin was naturally tan, made even more so by the constant sun in this part of the world. She had a lean athletic build, coupled with long equally lean legs that seemed. We're done. Find someone else to beg." She turned and walked into her house.It seems as though many of the girls that he knew from school spent the summer break somewhere else. Many vacationed abroad with their families, some got stuck in summer-long camps, and several were gone without telling anyone where they went. Of course, the less affluent girls all searched for summer employment, and that meant, for most of them, that casual conversations "with that boy who keeps hanging around here". It was unseasonable cold in their bedroom the next morning. Melissa barely spoke to him and totally avoided any physical contact. Jake was starting to get irked by her attitude. He had to get to class though, so he did not make an issue out of it. He finally made the connection between Melissa’s attitude and Cindy’s party at lunch. Besides feeling stupid that it had taken him so long to figure it out, Jake was also bemused by Melissa’s attitude. It was not as if he were keeping anything from. " What the hell is going on here?" a voice said from the doorway."Uncle Bedford. Help!" I shouted and I cried out as I was slapped."Shut up. I will deal with him," Richard snarled out and stood up. He turned away from his prisoner and started to walk to the front door when several people appeared in the entranceway.I watched as my uncle, Senator John Bedford walked into the room. His guards flanking him as he stopped and looked around the room his eyes settled on the man questing me."I asked.