She’d been fantasizing about finding some sort of a settlement, but then again, finding just one person was a good enough start. She assumed that if... there was just one person, then she could probably find more people later, and besides, whoever had written this sign had said that the power was still on in Greensburg, and that sounded very promising, so she forgot about Denver and remained on I-40 all the way to Tucumcari. She hadn’t really bothered to search Albuquerque with her usual degree of. He nodded to the eunuch, who quickly gagged the victim.Whish ... THWACK!'Why do I bother?' he thought, 'She isn't worth it. I should just sell her.'With that he passed the whip to the eunuch with a curt, "Three more strokes."The eunuch waited until his master was out of the room and then bent close to the girl's ear to whisper, "Three choices. This person, whom you called an ignorant nigger the other day has three choices of where to strike you. Being ignorant, I may take some time to decide. It's alright. You look so embarrassed. You alright?" Yeah, I guess. God." So?" Huh?" So, Ellen, does it?" Give me a buzz?" Uh huh." Ahhh ... are you with the laundry police?" What the hell do they do?" Catch women getting off on the equipment, probably." No. No police." Yes, then. Yes, I was getting a buzz. Alright?" Very alright." Oh. Sorry, Alan. How can I tell what to say?" I don't think there are rules. I'm sorry I interrupted." It's okay." Or at least that I wasn't a little later." Oh, I. He gave it a squeeze, and I squeeze back.We rang the bell, and Brad answered. He had a drink in his hand, but you could tell he wasn't totally wasted yet."Hey! The Sophomores are here!" he yelled into the room. Everyone cheered, and went back to talking, dancing, making out, or whatever they were doing.We headed upstairs, and put our coats in the coat room.We headed back down, to go finally introduce me to the world of popularity.Boy was I nervous.Charlotte and Parker headed down into the room.