”“What is it that she has against you anyway?” Elise asked.“She hates me because I got her involved for the sake of keeping you and the girls ...afe.”“I can understand that.”“I know I used her, but she was never just the means to an end. With every girl I created, I promised myself that I would do everything I could to do right by them, to make sure they could live the best lives possible. It was love at first sight for all of them.”“Maybe I could talk to her. After all, I was the reason why you. "I stare, pretending not to hear."Hey!" she shoves me roughly, "Wake up !"I stmble off the bed and almost bump my head on the overhead bedframe."I'm swiching. J*s*s !"I silently watch her swith her legs' position, her overly long, dexterous toes gripping onto her head and foot board like elegant fingers.To help her keep her balance with her tiring muscles, I tie her to her bed with scarves.I place a pillow to cushion the arch of her back foot against the wood frame and a pillow goes beneath her. .. I don't want to do this..." Erin gasped as she covered her bruised left cheek."I'm... I'm sorry." Erin new it best to apology when ever she got a slap from her mother. What ever the reason, it was because she deserved it. Yet as she again looked around the room she still felt that awful feeling of dread."Now remember Horse-face, when the nice man comes in to talk to us, to keep that back arched, those legs crossed and to smile the whole time." Yes Mother."A couple of minutes later the door. She was whimpering and struggling, and again without thinking Laura let out a blood-curdling scream and hurled herself onto the man, kicking and scratching wildly. Startled, he pulled back, and she let him have it in the face with the pepper spray.The man let out a tortured cry, flinging his arm up over his face. Then he quickly pulled up his sagging trousers and ran. It was all over so fast that both Laura and Sholandra were left panting, staring into the darkness where the man had.