June 14, 1983, McKinley, Ohio“Hi, Mike!” Paula said when she came into the Quick Mart on Tuesday morning.“Hi, Paula! How have you been?”“Pre...tty good. The new job lets me save a bit. I’m hoping to move out of my mom’s house by the end of the year. I could use a roommate!”I grinned, “Instant family; just add ring?”“Not exactly the best marketing line, is it? Though it might have some interesting benefits!”I chuckled, “Perhaps. But as a twenty-year-old pre-med student, I don’t have much to offer.. As my eyes meet his, I know that in fact, this was the night he had planned. He walks up to me, “Look at you my little slut, all ready for your lesson.” He grabs my wrists and backs me up to sit down onto my bed. He takes out a scarf and tells me to close my eyes. I do as he asks and he ties it around them. “Turn around” he says as I feel him push me to lie down and he secures my wrists to my bed frame with two pairs of hand cuffs, just as before, except this time I felt myself facing the wall.. “Do you need to come in?” I asked.“No I peed five blocks ago before I left home,” she said with a smile.“I didn’t know. Let me get my stick,” I said. The stick wasn’t a stick at all. It was actually made from a piece of half inch PVC water pipe. It was four feet long, too long to be called a cane. It also had a completely different purpose. It was to discourage aggressive dogs, and teenagers. The pipe was stiffened by adding three unnecessary coupling, as well as a tee coupling on top. The. All transportation, airports, ships, railroads, bus service, and private vehicle traffic were temporarily suspended and people were ordered to stay indoors at all times. Those infected were instructed to hang a bright red garment outside their front door to alert relief workers to the condition of people in their towns. Hospitals had to stop admitting patients, as there were no beds available and no one to offer medical aid if there were. We kept encouraging the girls to phone home and keep.