"Not all men are rapists, Ka- Ian." I know," I sigh. "But all men COULD be, and that's the problem. Idon't want to put myself in a position where I'm ...outnumbered by guys,you know?" Are they on your course?" Grandma asks."No," I reply. "Two of them are doing computer programming, the other'sdoing electronics." So you must have got to know them at lunch, right?" Grandma asks."Well, yeah..." I reply. "One of them's an Arsenal fan, saw my hat..." So you already have things in common with them!". The other girl had sat up by now with the same wild expression on her face, as she too seemed to search the area with quick jerky shifts of her head. They had never looked in my direction or spotted me."How can that be?" I heard the second one ask in my mind, and I was less shocked this time. "There were no vibrations of someone in the hall or from the door opening. You know how it sticks," I heard the second one finish."Still, someone is here," the first girl answered in my mind. "I can sense. Names such as 'sissy'or something just as dirty. One man promised me that beforehe killed me, he was going to fuck me...that he was going tomake me into his little girl-boy and put braids in my hair. Myfirst shot blew his balls off then I killed the son-of-a-bitch. Pat,they came after me at first because of the way that I look soinnocent and now they come after me mainly because of myreputation for being a quick draw. They think that just becauseI look young, soft and innocent that I'm an easy. She asked a few of the other kids and a few of the adult helpers but no one could remember seeing her anywhere about for the last twenty minutes or so. Even Sonika Jharm could only say that she had last seen Polly on the grassy area reading her notes ... just where Jessie and the others had left her.“I’ll keep an eye out for her and tell her you guys are waiting for her down by the lake” said Sonika. “She can’t be very far away. Unless aliens have abducted her.”Jessie and Sonika both laughed at.