He must have assumed you were one that he didn’t know about.”“Oh. Quite a few girlfriends, like two or three?”“Nah, more like seven or eight... I guess.”“What? You’re like sixteen!”“Fifteen, actually, and just at the end of April.”“I don’t believe it.”“Well, it’s true. You heard it from Pete, not me.”She just shook her head, “I have to be going. Thanks for keeping my secret. I owe you one.”“You don’t, really. Forget about it.”She got up and said, “Thanks,” and walked around the deck to the. After a little persuasion I agreed to go with her and see her mother. Sue rang home to tell her mother, and said she was bringing a friend to see her after lunch.Her mother was both shocked and surprised when I appeared with Sue. Sue introduced me, and told me her mothers name was Fay, I apologised for intruding but I told her that I wanted to see her as Sue's grades were slipping and I would like to have a chat with her. She seemed quite surprised, but then she told Sue to go and make some. Damn man, ease up! You are so uptight if I stuck a lump of coal in your ass in a month I’d have a diamond!’ He laughed. ‘What do you say, my Maria. Want to see if we can get a diamond out of Pete’s ass?’ Maria tried to pull away but Mike maintained his grip. But this time Ramón was aware of what was going on as were most of the people around us. Mike stood trying to pull Maria with him. The men around us started to move in. Ramón, on the other hand, was having the time of his life. He was. Pulling the covers up over her, Karen cried herself to sleep.Karen recovered steadily, happy to have proper clothing once Ken returned from town. The pain in her fingers and toes went away the second day, allowing her to get up and move around more. She didn't talk much, lost in her own little world, and Kenneth didn't press her.She took over the cooking the third day, improving the fare considerably. Ken talked about his life, and things that were happening, as he went about his chores each.