’ ‘Remember me saying I had a history presentation to do?’ She asked and I nodded in reply. She was close enough that I could smell her light f...owery perfume. ‘I’ve been at the library for the past three days doing it. My history teacher wrote this letter to say where I was but I forgot to send it in.’ She handed me the letter. I read it quickly and it confirmed what she had said. I nodded. ‘Ok then, just make sure you hand it in.’ I told her. ‘I will.’ She kept her eyes averted from mine and. ”“Are my parents here? Do they know I’m awake now?”“I don’t know. I’ll have the nurse get someone to call them to let them know,” he promised. “In the meantime, relax and we’ll see you this afternoon.”Jesse collapsed back on the pillow, frustrated that he couldn’t leave the hospital yet, equally frustrated that the somewhat painful catheter was not being removed. And he was hungry. He had no illusions about what the hospital would serve for lunch, but he hoped they realized he’d want to be on. She smiled at me again. ‘I can see you’re going to need a lot of taking care of, darling! Now, you rest and I’ll go and make a pot of tea – that’ll make you feel better!’ My mother’s cure for everything, from the weather to inflation, was to make a pot of tea. When I saw Johnny being helped out of the car by his friend, I nearly fainted. I rushed to help, my heart pounding, and hardly heard Smithy saying it was all right, he wasn’t badly hurt. I wondered if I should call the doctor, but I knew. I thought it was simply coming off, but no, as he brought it to my wrists, he brought both my hands behind my back, holding them together while he used whats left of my bra to tie my hands together. He then dropped me on the bed, and began to pull my panty off of my body, effectively leaving me naked and tied down. I was at his mercy, and that was the feeling he wanted me to feel it seems. " Look at her you old hag" He orders my aunt, who still stood there in the corner. " Look at your young.