", I said. He quickly slapped my face."Who told you, you could talk slut?" I'm sorry.", he slapped me again."You will address me as Sir and speak onl... when spoken to. Do youunderstand?"I nodded yes and was smacked hard across the face again."Answer me!" Yes.", again I was smacked."Yes, what?" Yes, Sir.", I answered."That's a good little slut. You're learning quickly. For being such a quick learner I have a treat for you. Open your mouth." I did as I was told and Don unfastened his pants. . "Tries to poke me regular," she said, looking down at her bare toes. "Same as his boys. One a'them done it too. Hurt me." And your Ma?" Beats her when she won' do what he wants. I hide when he's drunk which is most always. His boy's crazy I think."A cry, nearly a shriek, came from the house, and the girl shuddered and scurried back into the darkness of the barn. I hurried to the back door, lifted the hatch and went on in, uninvited but feeling I had to investigate. More than curiosity, I hoped.. I quickly sat on the bed. She threw a bag at me and, said “Wear these”. I looked and, there was a bra, panties, a t-shirt and, a very short skirt. I looked at her with a surprised look on my face. She said “What ? You want to be a girl right ? Then go on wear them.” I stood up and, started to go towards the washroom, she said “Where the fuck do you think you are going bitch ? Change right here”. I was even more shocked and, said “But, di in front of you?”. She said “Why not ? if you can jack. Of course Maggie had to be fussed over and played with.At one point I asked Jennifer about her family. “I don’t know much about any other parts of my family - I guess they’d be what you’d call my ‘extended family’. My mom and dad...” Jennifer started crying and I took her in a hug. “If it’s too painful, don’t talk about it but once we get to the main island the police and others are going to want that kind of information.Jennifer nodded and wiped her eyes and looked at me. “I know, it just hit.