The freedom and ease of which I couldmove through the water was exhilarating. I explored vast areas of thecoastline then swam back to shore changing b...ck to myself and makingsure I still had a bikini on. I walked to my towel and stretched out onmy back. I looked down past my breasts and to the slight gap of air thatformed between my bikini bottom and stomach as it passed over my hips.Just looking at myself I was becoming aroused and I secretly admired theperspective. I made a note to myself to. Two loose ends in one place."Sure, come on over, babe." I hung up the phone.I went into the living room and sat down on the couch next to Natalie. I reached deeply into her mind. Very slowly, very carefully, I began to undo, unkink, un-knot some of the rough and tumble mind fuck."Remember... " I said to her.She looked at me, and I watched a series of emotions wash across her face. I could feel the rage blossom, and the fear.I saw myself through her eyes, and I was a monster. A monster with. She stared unbelievingly as I took the pliers from the table top and taking a firm grip I started to work her left upper front tooth backwards and forwards, she screamed beautifully as it came free and then I started on the right front, her lower Jaw wobbled furiously and I expected it to break but in the end all the teeth came out as she screamed and wailed, it took about an hour and twenty minutes of hard patient work but finally there were a full set of her teeth sitting in the biscuit. I thought about what people were saying about her. I knew my mother wasn't alone. Nobody ever talked to Gloria at any of the picnics. I had had to become a lot more assertive in my role in Americorps. I had to be able to give orders, and make things happen. I also had to take the initiative, sometimes, and think outside the box. I could do that, and that was one of the things that made me good at what I did there."No," I said. I said it with conviction."What?" she asked."I will not have you.