Katie sat up and gasped, looking away quickly and hiding behind the large back of the chair. She hadn’t even known that he was here and she realized...that he must have snuck in late last night and slept here. That was going against Katie’s biggest rule. She was outraged that Ashley had tried to sneak it by her and she was determined to put an end to it, but not now, not until Zack had left. She was way too uncomfortable around him, so she scrunched down in the big chair and waited until he. I would not be a burden to any man, before I went into a serious relationship with him. It just didn’t seem fair.’ ‘When Dick and I met, we were 18 years old. Neither of us had a nickel we could rub together and call our own. My face looked like chopped meat, because I was in an automobile accident days after I was born. Dick didn’t care. He loved me from the moment he saw me, and my reaction was the same towards him. Within a month of us getting together, things started happening that no one. ‘What are the dollar signs for?’ ‘It means my cherry is for sale, but it is from Mama, not from me because I sell it to her.’ ‘I see. So you just dance for now.’ ‘Just dance and blow-jobs.’ ‘Blow-jobs?’ queried Belle. ‘Yes we have a booth, and I can take my customer short-time, but blow-job only.’ ‘Well, that is interesting. Have you ever thought of branching out, do you fancy a little rug-munching?’ ‘Rug-munching?’ repeated Blen. ‘Eating pussy … you know.’ Belle again pressed her fingers in. Taking out two bowls from the heavily decorated cupboard, I looked at the brown paste under the plastic wrap. The work of a few hours it was a smooth greenish brown, and when I peeled back the plastic the wet herbal "hay scent" of my henna paste flooded me with even more memories.Sadly, I was having a lot of those this morning.Memoires of my older sister, the day before her wedding, her sitting with our mother and our nani, each woman working an arm. The intense concentration on my mother's.