And fear. It makes me sick. "You've gotta talk to her sometime." Spencer's voice is soft, pleading."Uh uh. Don't wanna." I hug my arms tighter around ...my legs."Sam, she's your mom. She loves you."I wince, sensing Carly moving beside me. "Leave Sam alone Spence. It's her fault." Carly's voice is hard, and there's this thing in it that I'd never heard before, until now. It's bitter and brittle and it makes me sad, because the Carly I know... the Carly I knew... she never spoke like that. But then,. ’ I pleaded…I really didn’t… ‘Really? I felt it understood very well…’ She point at my groin area… ‘Is that what you think of me?’ I asked back…she shrugged… ‘Look Sarah…we’ve been working out every day now…have I tried anything??’ I resorted to logic….’It’s not like I’ve been trying to cop a feel…you backed into me…’ ‘Yeah right…and you are always sexually-excited when playing basketball?’ She looked a little embarrassed to bring my hard-on into the conversation… I shrugged…’I don’t. She looked up at me very seriously. “I will. Did I hurt you?”“Not yet but I was afraid you would give them a squeeze.”“What are they?” She seemed fascinated.“Guys call them balls.” She nodded at this. “They are my testicles and they make the sperm. If you feel carefully there is a little tube that the sperm travels through to get to my penis.” I was trying very hard to control my reactions as having a girl touch me there was arousing me.Pat carefully felt around and finally mumbled. . I could only assume it was a circle of people, because I could only see three of the black robed figures. As I tried to turn my body to actually check if it was a circle of people around me, I felt an abnormally tight resistance. Great. What kind of sacrificial ritual wouldn't have a person tied to a chair and their mouth taped? Hmmm. It could be one of Ethan's elaborate pranks, but Ethan doesn't have people choke me out and tie me to a chair. This is real. Oh shit, it's real. "Etharanai," I.