.." One of the men held her up and pulled her to him in a fatherly fashion while he indicated for his friend to call the police. "We'll help." He indi...ated back behind her. "Where... ?"Vikki pulled away from the man and the woman who had joined him in holding her and attempting to calm her and turned to face back the way she had come. She stammered out that he was about a hundred yards away and round the next bend."Well I reckon they'll be gone by now," said the man who rung for the police and. Are you my sister, too?"Everyone cracked up laughing at that. "No, Briana, I'm a boy. Only girls are sisters. Boys are brothers. But, no, I'm not your brother." Not yet," quipped Sophia, earning a wide-eyed stare from Brian.Warren just laughed. "Let's see if she can grasp brother and sister before we throw future-brother-in-law at her, shall we? No, Briana, I'm not your brother. I'm Sophia's boyfriend." Boyfriend?" Briana asked."Future-brother-in-law might have been easier to explain than. I untangled myself and quickly lookedaway."They're so hot," Shelly said to me. "Don't you think so Alex? Who do youthink is the cutest?" I think they're all stupid," I said."Don't try to tell me you don't like boys," Shelly said. "I was watchingyou. You were practically drooling over them." Look," I said, "I don't know what you think you saw but you're wrong.Okay!" I was almost shouting. I realized the girls around us had stoppedtalking. Everyone was looking at me. Shelly's eyes were wide, her. " Yeah, I heard 'em talking about buying and selling."He scribbled notes. "Did you hear any names mentioned?"I had. But honestly, I had no idea who might be connected with names like 'Bug' and 'Harry' and 'Gleester' and such. Still, he scribbled notes.Afterward, in the mid-morning, I was about to drop in my tracks. The adrenaline rush was long gone, I was shy a night's sleep, I needed a shower. The jail-issue coveralls weren't even up to my rather innovative standards of outer-wear.Mizz Pam and.