He steps forward and kneels in front of me, his hands on my waist, and explores my navel and its ring with his tongue. This is more than I can bear, a...d I sit on the bed, unable to stand upright any more. As I sit, he follows me on his knees and looks up at me as he encircles me with his arms, and I feel the fastenings of my bra come loose. He pulls it gently off my shoulders, and I shudder as he cups my breasts, watching me intently as his thumbs circle my nipples without touching them. I lie. One of my tennis shoes were removed and one of my legs and feet was pulled from my jeans and underwear. Hands struck my bare bottom a number of times before fingers coated with some substance was pushed between my clinched buttocks! Still ignorant to what was happening I tried to twist and struggle only to have fingers slide effortlessly into my anal orifice. Dumb struck and frightened nearly out of my mind I was made to subdue to the most vile debauchery I ever experienced! One finger, two. I heard some disturbing stories about him later, about some of the things he tried to make the girls do. I don't know if they were true or not.He also started drinking pretty heavily. We all drank a little from time to time. But he, well, I suppose he had a drinking problem. And sometimes it took a couple of guys to keep him from doing some pretty stupid things when he had been drinking.When Ray came back to the hardware store after he graduated he seemed to have settled down a little. I met. Then, again, in my absence, those in Arizona had moved on with their own lives. Just as I had suggested and should have expected. Sometimes it can be a bummer when people take you up on your recommendations.So, when I returned to the island this time, it was with an even greater feeling of beginnings and new chapters being opened for me and by me. And, I was determined to go by Kaye’s words and not shy away from challenges and opportunities. I knew there was more coming for me, I just didn’t.