'George's words provided her with a mental cocoon, a shell against Peter that enabled her to endure the violence without really feeling it. But it was...dangerous - Peter sensed that shell even if he didn't understand it and it made him furious. Like the true sadist he was, he fed on her pain - and now she wasn't showing it, not responding with the fear he craved.The crunch came because she gave her secret away. Unwittingly. One Saturday morning she was being beaten for not having washed his. The minute that Caulder said those magic words, "I love you too," Raj snapped the bracelet on. Veronica, predictably overcome by emotion, rushed to the phone before Ben could hang up and started gushing over the line. She invited herself over to his place. She wanted to do as much as she could with Ben- it would either be the last time she could ever BE, let alone be with him, or it might make her strong enough to make Raj put on the bracelet for the fateful 13th time. It was either the last. We emerged from the trees to the side of the house behind the garage. Lana closed her phone, and we looked out over the open grass."There isn't much cover," she whispered."I'm going," I said, and popping out into the open, into the moonlit night, I sprinted across the grass to the house. I reached a side door made of thick wood with a heavy lock. Standing square to the door and bracing myself, I kicked it, making a deep thump. Again. On the third kick, it shattered.Tearing into the house, I set. The girls were no different, I guess. Neither was I.I ordered the rack of lamb, the same thing I always order when I go to a restaurant good enough to carry it on the menu. Heck, I'm just a kid. What do I know about this kind of thing?Soon after we sat down I felt a small hand lightly rubbing my erection. Dee Dee knew that drove me crazy. No one said anything about it, and I certainly felt no need to point it out. It gave a whole new meaning to the term first class service.The girls both.