"I... It"s your sister, Rachel." I heard her say. it sounded like she was holding back tears. "Is everything okay? What"s wrong?" I had a pretty good ...eeling I knew what it was. "It"s nothing I just..." she stopped for a minute, "It"s just that my husband...", "What did the asshole do to you?" I nearly screamed into the phone. Rachel got married to her boyfriend about six months ago and since then he"s been treating her like garbage. "He didn't"t do anything...yet, but lately he"s been more. Calm. Still.Weird.“About time you got here,” Donna grumbled, as Emily finally made her way inside the girl’s locker room. “We’ve been waiting for you.” The entire cheer squad was assembled there, getting changed into their brand-new cheerleading uniforms, which had been provided to the team only a few days ago by some generous, anonymous donor to the school. The tops of the uniforms were translucent, sleeveless crop tops, light blue with red and white stripes, with the word PATRIOTS lettered. Close. Blue eyes. Red lips. Smiling. Wisps and tendrils of a delicate perfume in my nostrils. My feet were firmly planted on the sole of the cabin but I felt like I was falling. Falling. A long, long way."Mister Stonewall Jackson, I'm right here. You just went far, far away, but I'm right here." I'm very happy you are, Jo." Where'd you go, Stoney? Was that kiss ... Am I replacing somebody? Memories?" Oh, Jo, nothing like that. Sit down." You sit down first." I sat. She sat, too, lounging back. In the night he had used the word breeding when taking her; turning her onto her back and spreading her legs apart to get between them. To some it may sound a tasteless expression to use but to her it was exciting, because that was exactly what he was doing, breeding her. She and Tom had been trying for a baby for a while now, unprotected sex and lots of it. Tom had not been slacking in his enthusiasm to get the job done either. He may not have had the equipment Jason had or the vigour, even.