”That got a little laugh and it seemed like there was a little less awkwardness in the room.“Let’s order dinner and then we can get to know each... other while it’s prepared,” I suggested. There were menus set at each of our places and we all opened them. The first thing I noticed was that there were no prices on the items, so I made my selection and closed the menu, waiting on the rest of the guests to close theirs.A waitress opened the door to check if we were ready to order and we each gave her. Her arms and legs were numb and she couldn't move them. After a few moments, she realized she was tied up and struggled into a sitting position.'How did I get here?' she wondered, feeling confused. It had been a long time since she woke up not knowing where she was, but it had happened to her often enough that she wasn't too concerned.Then she remembered – Jake, the ravine, the needed rope – and cursed herself for not being more careful. She knew she should have scanned the area for signs of. Anticipating a defiant, but weakened response, Chang had at the ready a thick, short black rubber whip in his other hand. He brought it upward between Paulina’s legs, the full force of it slapping against her bare vagina. The blow was so sudden and intense that the pain traveled right up Paulina’s backbone and down into each of her legs. Her eyes opened wide, and she let out a long, heart-rending wail. Chang whipped her again, harder, right between her legs, and Paulina shrieked, which Chang. I often had to shield my sister Aiyanna from any advances he'd tried to make on her. Finally, when I turned twenty-two, I decided to join the local Two Spirit group within the community, denounced to my mother not knowing. It would take a couple years for her to figure out that I met every Wednesday, and Friday with a secret congregation of queer folks. Joshua reassured her I was just “hanging out with the girls;” or “experimenting” something my younger sister hasn't tried yet. “It's just... I.