We were running low on food so Jake said that he would go back to the convenience store to get some stuff to get us through the next few days. I decid...d to clean up the place. I was wearing a tank top and yoga pants. I had my hair into a ponytail and had cute make-up on. As I was vacuuming Jake came back. I didn’t hear him because of the vacuum. I heard the door open so I turned the vacuum off. I turned around and there was this guy standing in the door way. I was frozen. Scared stiff. Then. Rob remarked on my anxious state, and I told him the reason."Never fear, Major." When alone he always addressed me with the greatest courtesy, "point out the wench to me, and I shall keep her occupied." As fate would have it Patsy entered the kitchen when we were with the below stairs house servants having supper. She had come to collect some condiments, and had little time to examine who was at table. I pointed her out, and Rob nodded – smiling broadly.Next morning I spied him with a female,. I felt my heart ache alittle. She sounded small and insecure, hurt and both scared andscarred. Someone, long before me, had hurt her and that pain stillstung.I glanced at her as she rested her head on the passenger side window.?No,? I said. I pulled into a parking space next to a closed furniturestore. Peyton?s words and tone let me know that this conversation wasimportant and needed more attention than I could give while driving. Iparked the car, turned off the headlights, and turned to face. He had pretended to be a girland I had to dress as a girl too. He had his sisters ID and he had theRace pass for another girl who turned up but did not stay. I didn'tthink that I looked anything like her, but Riley said that I shouldn'tworry. All they cared about is that whoever turned up needed to lookgood and be willing to get involved.Of course I was ready to do it. Riley had lived our dream for a wholethree weeks. I wanted that too. How hard could it be? If he had doneit, I could.