I posed a challenge, but I could be got. Well, I did get got. When I got got, I got it good for all the times I didn't get got by being too quick, too... strong, and too aggressive in my self-defense, but when they all gang up on a woman, a woman may as well relax and go with it.They did get me, and they took their sexual liberties, but they didn't dare do to me what they did to my dear friend, Jenny. Not at first. That took several months of steady, weekly conditioning treatments. What amazes me. I see a few raised eyebrows as I enter the crematorium and some gueststurn their heads to examine me, puzzled looks showing on their faces.Perhaps they are wondering what my connection to the deceased is but Iwill have an answer ready if I am actually asked. 'I had some businessdealings with him,' I will say, using a tone, expression and bodylanguage that discourage further questions. I have quite a lot ofexperience in projecting the right attitude.I had arrived at the ceremony only just before. ”“Peaches, have you been telling people we’re going steady?” I asked.“Not ‘xactly. I been sayin’ you’s my boyfriend. I guess that’s ‘bout the same thing, isn’t it?”“It is. But I guess I really don’t see what else you could do. Telling your mom I’m your lover probably would have been a bad idea, and she probably wouldn’t have let me stay at your house.”“Yeah, she’d be upset if she know’d the real situation. And Daddy would be even more upset. I can’t tell them. Red and Rose know, ‘course, and. My guess? Our sapling shield lay buried under the mother of all snowdrifts.Chapter 16 The dark wall of snow sealing the entrance of the tunnel sparkled and glistened in the moving beams of our flashlights. Alice paused for a moment to wipe the sweat from her forehead. After digging into the embankment for almost an hour, we had almost nothing to show for our efforts.“Time for a break." Alice leaned her back against the rock wall of the tunnel and rested her head against the rough surface as she.