" She struggled up onto the stool and a good view of her legs came into focus for all the guys."May as well finish your drink," one of the guys said, ...ut she screwed up her face, "Not one for drinking on my own, especially in a pub." she said."I'm Ian," he pointed at the others, "Dave, Stewart, Gra and Pete, now you know us so you aren't drinking alone," and he waved her over. Shirley waited for a split second as if considering then carefully slid forward and off her stool so her dress rode. It’s huge, like 300 acres.”Melissa nodded in agreement, “That’d be cool but we’re not going to have a lot of time outside the competition.”“But we do have some,” added Grace. “We need to be relaxed going into this, not wound up.”Lavi grinned. “Oh, I intend to be very relaxed.”Grace gave her the side-eye. “I was thinking tea, massages, deep breathing, and centering.”“I’m very concerned about my center getting massaged,” Lavi said. I actually saw Mrs. Blackman grin at that one but she returned to. Linda opened the envelope and read the instructions. She smiled. “It says here that you want to join the special club and we are to get you ready. Do you want one last chance to change your mind?” “No, I really want to join. I’m absolutely certain,” said Mary. “Well we’d better make a start, then, it will take several weeks.” Linda picked up her coat, and reached into the pocket. She pulled out a silk scarf and covered Mary’s eyes with it. “It is part of our instructions that we must not let. The second time was slightly less painful, but more frightening when he wrapped his big hands around her throat and squeezed. He wouldn’t hold on very long, but he did squeeze a little longer and a little harder each time. She still had some bruising from it. Although, she actually felt happy about that since she now matched her sisters. She wondered what Trish’s bruises would look like in the coming days, as she saw her father’s belt wrapped around her neck and pulled tight. Her face was blue,.