It's beautiful, it's overwhelming. We can't really accept such a gift, it's too much." Don't you like it?" Like it???? It's like something out of a fa...ry-tale. Look at that chest of drawers, it must be as old as the house. And the garden, the river, oh, my God. We can't accept this, it's too much, simply too much." Take it easy, darling. Victoria and Sully can afford it. And Sully has been so sorry that he didn't have any use for the house. On the other hand he couldn't bear to sell it. It's. Both Susan and John shared a lot of the same interests as Mary. Also, they always understood exactly what she said no matter how recondite her vocabulary got. Evelyn became like a second mother to Mary often helping her with her homework. Susan was the sister she never had, and they shared almost all of each others most intimate secrets with each other at the many sleepovers they shared. John, though. As Mary and John had grown older, John went from being a substitute big brother to the boy. Perhaps that was why he said what he had been avoiding since he laid eyes on her."Oh, I want you all right. I want you very much. What I don't want, is to own you." Damn it!" Becky whimpered, "There you go again, being all sweet and shit! I wish you didn't own me, I like you too much!"An idea occurred to Will, and he asked. "Is there any rule against a woman working for pay?Becky looked confused, but after a last sniffle, said "No, but the men usually take all the money they make. Why do you. I felt her lift my arm outward slightly – and the smell from my underarm actually made the stench worse. I wondered how she could stand to be close to it and turned my head to ask.The question never got to my lips. I saw my shoulder and immediately lost the thought.It was a mess. The old faded scar had run from front to back. Now a new one, still purple and angry looking, resided a few centimeters outward from the first one. There was a half-circle cut through what used to be my deltoid.