For Grace, there was always reason to hope."That's what hope is for, after all," she never tired of pointing out."It's what's left when you have no re...ason to think things can possiblyever work out."It was understood that Phoebe would eventually return East; it was theterms that were being hashed out. Claire insisted that Phoebe go back torehab, and Marcia couldn't argue with her there, but it wasn't going towork unless Phoebe was ready. Everyone understood that, except Claire.Walt was working. "Let me know if you need help." Not until I run out of fingers and toes," he replied.Sylvia came in with Phil. She sat next to Ned, close, but not too close. Phil sat opposite. I like her, she's tiny, but she has this look in her eye. I'll bet she can be a devil. You could see a lot of those hard, firm breasts of hers. Phil's easy to get along with. Since Dana says they've been at Toni and Ned's, I guess we'll see more of him.We were all talking like mad; I almost think the beer that night must. The idea is to chase a girl instead of a steer. And instead of tying up the girl, his goal is to get her down, rape her, and ejaculate in her vagina as quick as he can. There’s no horse and no lariat -- girls aren’t that fast or strong. And instead of a dirt enclosure, this is done in a ring about the size of a basketball court, and like a basketball court it has a wooden floor.Howard: We’re in the press box above the court right now. I see a pen over there for girls. They all look pretty. The sergeant reverted to her own language and remarked, quite matter of factly, "I'd better take a good look because my husband won't forgive me if I can't tell him all about it!" The warden who had been on Tracy's left said nothing, but the other one laughed coarsely. "OK, you can undo her now," the sergeant added.Tracy realized that the straps at her waist, her wrists, and her thighs were being undone, and that she was being helped down from the bench. She moved stiffly and with great.