"I have to confess that in what awaits me you may find me na‹ve. While I have seen what a man does to a woman when he rapes her, that is the extent ...o my knowledge, because as you would expect of an unmarried woman, I am a virgin and inexperienced in performing the sexual act."Again I looked at the way she wrung her hands and how her fingers twisted and turned round and round as she spoke, and I could feel their hunger and longing. "Come with me," I said suddenly, deciding that it was time to. Again she looked me over. But shesaid nothing, only toothlessly grinned at me."I don't have time for any of this shit, old hag," I snapped, mytemper beginning to override common sense. "How much for the book?" "As say I before, book powerful magic be," she told me as if I were asmall spoiled child. "If certain be thee of wanting it, then mostcareful thou must be it in using. Elsewise might it turn on thee." Can the crap. Just tell me how much." Book thine be always," she suddenly announced.. Alice served him a fine dinner, the best Roger had in recent memory. A perfectly cooked ribeye steak with a baked sweet potato, topped with butter and brown sugar, and a cup of fresh broccoli and cheddar soup with some garlic bread to sop up the soup with. Roger devoured the meal enthusiastically as Alice watched with a pleased smile.Roger wiped his mouth as Alice gathered the dishes and carried them to the kitchen. "Holy shit. That was amazing," he said as he wiped his mouth with his. But they got the idea and told me it was okay, so long as I was happy and didn't steal anymore stuff.Since I'd spent my birthday in jail with Doris, and that was actually cool cause I could say I spent a year in jail, even though it was just three days, except I went in when I was eleven and got out when I was twelve so I let people assume, anyway ... Being my birthday and all, Mom and Dad asked me what I wanted and that was how I got my first tattoo, cause you can't go to prison without.