You..." Her mouth went dry."Relax." Patricia squeezed her hand and her voice softened. "We didn'tbring you here to torment you; we need your help. ...It takes a minimum offive women to make a circle. You don't have to 'do' anything, excepthold our hands and complete the circuit. Close your eyes if it makes iteasier."Gina did, and didn't remember much after that. With two full shifts atthe coffee house, and a dance class on top of that, she was beyondweary, and the flickering candles and. He got close and yelled in her ear, “Is that dark haired guy your boyfriend?”Not understanding his true meaning, she replied, “No. He is just a friend.”Thinking that he had a clear path he preceded, “Can I get you a drink?”“Not right now, I just downed two margaritas. I’m feeling pretty buzzed,” She told him, which wasn’t far from the truth. She was feeling really buzzed right now. Those drinks must be strong. They kept dancing and often Stacey or Syndee cut in with them, but the guy seemed to. ‘Lydia I’m sorry… You weren’t supposed to be here.’ I say in a small weak voice. ‘Yeah right like I’m going to stay at some stupid party when Mike tells me what you where doing before you left to go home. News flash I knew you where home alone, I just didn’t think you where going to do this, this soon. But when I realized the front door was unlocked well it all falls in to place so they say.’ Lydia grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my arm. ‘I wish I could say that I’m happy to see you, but. As the third stroke came down, she forced herself to relax her muscles as much as possible, raising her bottom up directly into the path of the cane to prevent herself from clenching when it hit.“Swish!”“Oohhhhh-… E-…eleven!”Reaching down with his hand, the headmaster tapped his finger gently against the fig of ginger as it stuck out of her backdoor, and she groaned in turn.“There we go,” he said, “Now just nineteen more.”He raised the cane for the twelfth stroke, and Sarah felt her head.