She hadn't taken two steps toward home when she was besieged by two teenage boys offering to walk her home. I recognized one of them. Freddy had begge...d me to let him ride to school in my mom's car. Berry had only been gone one week and Jane was already collecting a following of pursuers. It was no wonder that both Janet and Berry had appealed to me to watch out for her.The café was closed on Labor Day, so I lounged around the backyard, checking my e-mail often. Eventually, I broke down and sent. He was saying toget rid of me, as I was making them all crazy. He hung up without evensaying goodbye.We all rushed to Fiona's bedroom. There was cloth everywhere. She had ascissors and was cutting all the clothes she had. There were shreds ofcloth everywhere. Her mother asked her what she was doing."Nanny got me clothes so I no longer need my old ones. Cory told us he isbeing reborn. So am I! I am no longer a girl. I am no longer a tomboy. Iam a boy. This means I do not need these clothes!"This. "I decided to change the subject back to her abusive, no ex-boyfriend, just in case I needed to be called into court in any sort of case against him."Did he ever rape you?" I asked"No, well, he tried on several times, always using the excuse that I owed him for saving me from the guy at the party, but I would always fight him off. I am a virgin, and he was my first real boyfriend." What about forcing you into other sexual favors?" "Well, I was convinced to give him blow jobs and swallow his. She'd only gotten as far as second base. Which the men didn't mind, of course, she had very nice, firm breasts, but it still bothered them that they'd never get past that.Her first day of class was nearly at an end. It had been pretty uneventful, aside from the usual slew of boys trying to get their hands on her, and her resisting and snarling at them. But when the bell rang, she began to walk home. Going down her normal route, she saw that her normal route was blocked off for construction..