Since that day, John stopped coming to me... he was almost never home... always busy doing something else... he didn't even talk to me. I tried to, bu... he didn't answer more than yes or no, sometimes just a grunt... Tim, well he was the new boss in the house. He did everything to help me out in the kitchen, even cleaning the house... just to get one thing... my body.Even though it felt like he was more or less using me for pleasure, I knew that he loved me enormously... and I knew that what he. "Jesus Christ Peter I'm coming!" I sighed and ran to the door. As soon as I opened it Peter burst through, then turned around and hugged me. His crushing embrace was overwhelming, and I buried my face in his jacket. He smelled like pine and cinnamon. Then the wonderful hug ended as he pulled away and grasped my shoulders."Tia. No fucking around. Tell me the truth."I shook my head. "I- I can't." I said, my voice cracking.Peter sighed. "Yes, you can." Then he leaned forward and kissed me. On. I froze in place and hoped for the best. The woman and I both waited for about 10 minutes until a girl I didn’t know showed up. I tried to memorize her features so that I could pick her out from last year’s Yearbook photographs. There was one of those in the library, so I had no worry about finding one of them.Anyway, the girl was wearing one of the ubiquitous backpacks, so she would have no problems with carrying a supply of drugs if that, indeed, was why she was here. I was too far away to. There was no Tammi or Lori listed, but here was a Tamarilla listed. He was about to ask Tammi if her name was short for Tamarilla when he spotted yet another Imperial coach barreling towards the gate. He told the two women that they could pass and to hurry because of the coach. Tammi and Lori hurried out of the way of the speeding coach and they were in the city. Tammi didn't know it, but she had just dodged a bullet (sling bullet, guns had not been invented yet).It was early afternoon when.