They told me that I would go anyway but untied the gag. Momma Mathews, I'm so sorry they hit you." She sobbed a moment. "They took me into my room and... made me strip and then raped me; Ed's father, then Ed, and then his father was doing it again when you came in and stopped him. I'm sor-sorry. I didn't mean for anyone to be involved. I just wanted to get away from Ed and Shirley told me I could come here, that I-I didn't have to have sex with Ed or anyone."My dad said, "You haven't done anything. Katia started me from scratch, showing me how to hold the instrument, how to place my thumb on the neck, and how to hold my left arm so I could reach every part of the fretboard. I spent hours getting cramps from running scales and practicing chords before we got around to any fancy finger work. I’ll never match her skill, but I’m already playing better than I ever thought I could. She and Mallya have been teaching me some of their traditional music.And speaking of Mallya, I think she’s become. In His presence, I was not to speak, just listen andobey. I was to keep my eyes down, be at His complete disposal a certainnumber of hours during the day, and when I had "free time" I would haveto retreat to my room, and all the time think about how blessed I was tohave Him as my Absolute Master. For four months, I was not to read books,newspapers or magazines, watch television, surf the Internet or listen tothe radio, so that I would not come across images or even have justthoughts of other. They looked like they were extended to her knees. About then the police arrived. You can always count on them to never be there when you need them. Gloria was dead and Eli was unconscious. The niggers I wasn't sure. The cops had me laying face down on the floor as the cuffed my hands. I heard that four of the niggers were dead and the other three had lost a lot of blood. I saw Higgings being taken away by a gurney. He was ok except he was bloody all over. Damn bitch had grabbed the one dull.