‘Jimmy, you’ve loved that child as much as if she were your own from the day we met. I think you love her more than the two sons we’ve had since.... What can we do?’ I shrugged. ‘We all take blood tests. If by some miracle one of us or our friends is a match, we donate one of our kidneys. Otherwise she goes on the waiting list.’ ‘Why would you take one?’ Karen asked. ‘You’re not her real father.’ We’d discussed that for years as well. I had pushed the cops hard to find Karen’s rapist, but. " I promise I'll be on my best behavior. I would like to see you again."I thought about it for a little while, and then agreed to go.When I got home that night I told my mom. She got all excited,"I'll make you a nice gown, I've got a really nice pattern and I already have the material."I think she was way more excited about it than I was. I went upstairs did my homework and studying; then after supper went down stairs and pushed my work out to my limits.What was I thinking, going to the prom, I. Her name is Rey, and she’s clipping her toenails, ignoring the scene across the room from her. Her phone dings, and a photo shows up of a smooth, shaved labia. She ignores it.Down the hall, three officers of CCL are huddled together, planning initiations. Their names are Beth, Duni, and Sun.“The lineup was best,” Beth is saying. She’s a short, slim, sporty brunette from England, and she’s referring to an initiation in which they took all the pledges, stripped them naked, then bent them over and. . well ... good between her legs.Loni knew about where babies came from. She'd seen several childbirths. But she couldn't believe some of the stories she heard. Like that one her friend Manu had told her about a man sticking his penis in the hole a baby came out of. Of course a baby was lots bigger than a penis, so she knew it would fit, but those women in childbirth didn't act like they were having a fun time, and Manu swore that when a man stuck his penis in that hole it felt really nice..