Curious as she was, she never asked him what he was doing, for fear of incurring another beating. "Besides," she thought, "when he wants me to know he...will tell me."A Longer LeashSharon has lost track of exactly how long she had been in the basement. She knew it was at least a month, but less than two months, since she had only had a single period. The thought that she might be pregnant and therefore missed a period never crossed her mind.As was the usual case, Sharon had grown accustomed to. Chalo apna blouse utaaro aur mujhe gaindon se khelne do” “tum bahut aage bad rahe ho” “isse tum apni chori ki sazaa samaj sakti ho? Aaj mai jo kehta hoon karo toh mai kissi se kuch nahin kahoonga” ” blouse ke hook saamne hi lagen hain? Khol- lo” phir maine uske blose ke hook khol diye. Usme se 100 ka note niklaa “yeh raha mera 100 ka note” ” isko mere pass hi rehne do..aakhir iski wajah se hi toh yeh sab karwa rahi hoon”.Usne bra nahin pehna hua tha. Mai uske breast apne haathon masalne lagaa.. Mom gave out a gasp and streaked over to Tracy and gave her an almost bone crushing hug. I could even detect tears in her eyes as she hugged my sister.Mom then said "I can't believe it; the two, most important girls in my life, are both engaged." Mom's tears were then running down her cheeks as she added "I'm so happy I could sing." After which she stumbled over to a chair and sat down. I walked over to mom and put my arm around her shoulders and gave her a big hug.I then said "You guys have no. I just liked the feeling from the night before. I worked out as usually after hubby left for work and the doorbell rang again. Once again without giving it another thought I opened the door. It was the same man from the morning before. He told me he forgot his hat. I looked over to the table behind the door and low and behold there it was. I bent over to get it and his hand was thinking the same thing. We laughed and we hade a short conversation. “So what do you do” He asked smiling. .