She momentarily lost consciousness and laid there half in and half out ofthe water.When she came around she was being pulled out of the stream and put...downon her stomach on the bank. Her head was pounding. She started to try toget up. Looking up she could see one of the boys hovering over her. Hewas holding her blond wig in his hand. She realized that her hood was offher head and the wig had come off with it..."Hey look at this," the boy cried out. "It's a man...a fucking fag!" Hepushed Leda. The woman acknowledged him with a brief nod before she spoke."I shall leave you two for now, but please Monsieur, make your visit short. Christine needs to sleep so that she may fully recover by tomorrow."She raised an eyebrow at him with a small, knowing smile and then after giving Christine an affectionate pat on her hand, she withdrew from the room.Antoinette breathed a sigh of relief as she entered her sitting room and then froze, shocked at the sight that met her eyes. Sitting on the. She lived for herself, cared for herself, enjoyed herself and her life. I was a homebody, a housewife with a part time job and no children. I vacuumed, she lived. I cooked and cleaned, she enjoyed. I dreamed and she experienced. And I wanted to know, wanted to experience. I wanted to live, to feel alive, to find out what I was missing. Just seeing her walking into her house stirred longings in me for the excitement and daring of the unknown. Speaking to her, listening to her, even when she was. So, out of your first ten dollars, you owe me $21 for lodging and the clothes I bought you. That means that when you get paid your $10 for your first week’s work, I will keep it and you will only owe me eleven dollars for the remaining cost of the clothes I bought you. I presume you agree with me on this!?Ellie, who could suddenly see control of her life being transferred from herself to this weird family burst into tears and buried her face in her hands.?Well, that’s gratitude for you. You.