Charlie cradled me in his arms, stroking my hair, reassuring me everything would be alright and that I’d forget all about him with time. Over those ...next few days, he visited me more often, bringing me small gifts, trying to ease my heartbreak. And now I had puppy love all over again, only this time with that man who had cradled me during my childhood. I felt if I couldn’t have him, that I would cry, I wanted him so. I felt I would burst into tears if I ever found out I could not have him and. She said Clay was coming to get her tomorrow and that she needed to go to the bank and also get her clothes ready. Tori and Trina went with her.I stood there for several minutes trying to figure out what I felt about Julie going. Charley finally said that I was the only one who had not seen it coming. That Julie and Clay had a bad case of the hots for each other. I told her that was no reason for her to just leave without warning. She reminded me of what I had said when she felt abandoned by. Do you like calling me Daddy?" "It's OK, you certainly ain't the first." As we drove along I started asking her about how she came to be on the street. "Well, I certainly didn't start out to be here. I got to doin' drugs and fell in with some smooth talkin' asshole that lured me into a big drug party and the next morning told me I owed him for the drugs and how was I gonna pay for them. That was the beginning of the end and here I am." "Would you like to get out of this?" "What, hookin'? Hell. The room was entirely bare. My sword was nowhere to be seen. I gave a tug on the bars, and they were locked."Yer awake," a rough voice came from close by."Benthor? Where are you at?" In a cell, just like you. I saw ya nappin' in yers when those things dragged me down here." There's more than one? What are they?" Undead of some kind. Don't know what." How did they get you?" I asked him."The bastards grabbed me while I was sleepin'. Didn't even give me a chance ta fight back. They grabbed our.