She took Sophia's finger and turned it over to find the cut. A thin red mark gave evidence to the mishap, but it was no longer bleeding. Amelia brough...t the finger up to her mouth and suckled it for a moment before kissing it. "There. All better?"Sophia smiled sheepishly in return, but did not say anything."You know, for as much as we've been through together, you're still awfully shy." Amelia observed."Yeah, well..." Sophia's voice trailed off as she considered this notion, "we haven't really. The minute Ben left the room, she struggled to her feet and, on wobbly legs, walked to the bathroom. When she was cleaned up, she put her panties and pantyhose back on, then went downstairs. While Ben was fucking Lois, Rod and Carol finished their tryst and returned to the party. When Lois came down, she found Rod waiting. ‘Are you OK?’ he asked. ‘You look a little pale.’ ‘I’m fine,’ Lois said softly. ‘Can…can we go home?’ ‘Sure,’ Rod said. ‘I’m tired of this party, anyhow.’ He got her coat,. . done that. Ev... ever." "Which," Julie observed, "couldonly have added to your negative feelings about yourself for being sounfair to her."Julie let that sink in for a moment before she hit him with the next badnews. "It is also important to remodel your self image, Brad. We can'thave you seeing yourself as a male aggressor. No, no. Instead, I'mgoing to help you get in touch with your feminine side." She swiveledher head toward Carolyn and said in a cool clinical voice, "I asked youto. Kat stood, and walked calmly towards the bar as if she hadn't a care in the world. This action must have triggered some contingency plan for the men outside because she had gone no more than three steps before the swinging doors slammed against the interior walls and four men rushed into the room.Two split right, their weapons at the high ready and seeking for Bob. Two split left and came right towards her, the black barrels of their rifles leading the way. The men were shouting something that.