Of the two protagonists, I'm definitely 8thstreetlatinas the least noteworthy, so I'll quickly dispatch with myself first. I've 8thstreetlatinas always 8thstreetlatinas been a bit 8thstreetlatinas of a slow starter in life, and while I should have entered college immediately after high video school 8thstreetlatinas (I even had a scholarship), I carla went into 8thstreetlatinas the Army for four years 8thstreetlatinas instead. It 8thstreetlatinas wasn't a total waste, since I wound up 8thstreetlatinas writing for numerous military newspapers 8thstreetlatinas and periodicals; learning the practical side 8thstreetlatinas of writing, so to speak. I earned 8thstreetlatinas a couple more foundation scholarships in the meantime, and wound up with as much free education as 8thstreetlatinas I 8thstreetlatinas carla wanted when 8thstreetlatinas I got out. That was seven years ago. Now, at the time of our little story, I found myself a 31-year-old student 8thstreetlatinas carla; the 8thstreetlatinas "old man" in just about every class I took. Of course, all 8thstreetlatinas good things end 8thstreetlatinas eventually 8thstreetlatinas, and I knew that 8thstreetlatinas very soon 8thstreetlatinas, after 8thstreetlatinas carla I got 8thstreetlatinas the 8thstreetlatinas doctorate, I'd have to move over to the other side of the 8thstreetlatinas fence permanently as a prof. The school already 8thstreetlatinas had a spot waiting for me. I figured I'd 8thstreetlatinas carla take it.
Now 8thstreetlatinas, this is the point 8thstreetlatinas where I'm supposed to go into 8thstreetlatinas great 8thstreetlatinas detail about her overwhelming beauty. The truth of 8thstreetlatinas carla the matter is that I wouldn't really call 8thstreetlatinas her beautiful at all. Cute. I 8thstreetlatinas'd definitely call her cute. Small (maybe five-one or two 8thstreetlatinas), slight, shy. Mysterious. Maybe that's what attracted me to her. I just couldn't 8thstreetlatinas figure her out. She had a sort of unassuming curiosity about her, a sharp intelligence wrapped 8thstreetlatinas in a soft exterior 8thstreetlatinas. A puzzle.
She gave me 8thstreetlatinas a little wave from across 8thstreetlatinas carla the 8thstreetlatinas hall and started walking 8thstreetlatinas my way, when she 8thstreetlatinas was video suddenly intercepted by video a guy who wore a baseball letter on his sweater 8thstreetlatinas. She smiled at 8thstreetlatinas him and talked for a little while, constantly casting glances my way. I got the impression 8thstreetlatinas that she wanted to talk to me, but I didn't know whether I should interrupt their conversation. Then the class started, and my opportunity was gone video. After the lecture, the scene was repeated almost precisely, but this time it was a guy from the 8thstreetlatinas drama club that nabbed her before she could make her way over 8thstreetlatinas to where I stood. Again she kept 8thstreetlatinas carla looking my way video, but carla didn't carla seem to be video able to end her conversation with the video guy 8thstreetlatinas. I 8thstreetlatinas had an important appointment (with "other" #2 video), and finally carla chose to leave her there with her new fan club. Almost 8thstreetlatinas immediately, I regretted my 8thstreetlatinas decision, but the interview I was rushing 8thstreetlatinas to 8thstreetlatinas had been planned for more than a week, and I 8thstreetlatinas couldn 8thstreetlatinas't risk being late.
The 8thstreetlatinas article I was considering was about 8thstreetlatinas the alleged abuse of "mail-order brides" from 8thstreetlatinas India. America men of video Indian descent arranged with matchmakers back home and paid a dowry 8thstreetlatinas to 8thstreetlatinas carla the girls' families, as 8thstreetlatinas well as the video costs to have the young women flown to the states 8thstreetlatinas for marriage. It was an increasingly popular occurrence that, according to the 8thstreetlatinas lady I was interviewing, was leading to consequences that included physical violence 8thstreetlatinas and even 8thstreetlatinas murder after amorous "buyers" became bored 8thstreetlatinas husbands. I met her on campus video, took her to 8thstreetlatinas my house, and talked to her for almost three 8thstreetlatinas hours before video she finally 8thstreetlatinas left. I wasn't sure how I was going to write 8thstreetlatinas carla the 8thstreetlatinas article. It was 8thstreetlatinas most certainly 8thstreetlatinas going to sell, probably to a large national mag, but 8thstreetlatinas I was in the middle of my thesis 8thstreetlatinas, and taking time out for this was 8thstreetlatinas going to be difficult.
She jumped. She obviously hadn 8thstreetlatinas't expected me to put her 8thstreetlatinas on the spot. She glanced quickly to 8thstreetlatinas Menlo, then back at me with a sort 8thstreetlatinas of shaken, pleading look. Tears formed in her eyes. I suddenly 8thstreetlatinas realized that she had no idea what this was all about. I turned my 8thstreetlatinas gaze to her 8thstreetlatinas companion, and perhaps he read something in my face. His broad 8thstreetlatinas smile faltered for a second, but he pasted it back on for my benefit.
"Let the feeling happen now," he continued. "Let the 8thstreetlatinas heaviness come. The wonderful heaviness 8thstreetlatinas. The feeling is 8thstreetlatinas embracing you now. Let 8thstreetlatinas it happen."
He had a lot more video to 8thstreetlatinas say, but for once I 8thstreetlatinas simply 8thstreetlatinas wasn 8thstreetlatinas't paying attention. A 8thstreetlatinas feeling I had never experienced before was starting 8thstreetlatinas carla to form deep inside me. Rage. I very quickly came to the decision that 8thstreetlatinas the girl before me meant a great deal to me, and 8thstreetlatinas that something profound was happening to her that 8thstreetlatinas I should protect her from. Still, I sat rooted to 8thstreetlatinas the spot, watching dumbly as Brenda's arms 8thstreetlatinas fell loosely to her sides and she swayed slightly as he continued to pull her into some sort of hypnotic trance. I'd never 8thstreetlatinas seen this done before, though I'd read about it, of course. She was 8thstreetlatinas totally, completely enthralled. She seemed 8thstreetlatinas to want this, to need it. His words were calm commands that she accepted 8thstreetlatinas carla and then responded to immediately. I remember him using the word "obey," and my anger leapt to new heights. He told her to sleep, and her 8thstreetlatinas eyes slammed shut 8thstreetlatinas. Then she 8thstreetlatinas swayed for a moment 8thstreetlatinas, and leaned heavily against 8thstreetlatinas him, her 8thstreetlatinas cheek against his chest. He held her lightly in his arms 8thstreetlatinas.
"You 8thstreetlatinas raped her, didn't you?" I growled.
"Christ, Freddy. Don't 8thstreetlatinas talk like that. It wasn't rape, I swear 8thstreetlatinas." He was outside now, backing 8thstreetlatinas carla down the steps toward the sidewalk 8thstreetlatinas. "Listen. I 8thstreetlatinas've fixed it so that 8thstreetlatinas you're the one who can wake 8thstreetlatinas her up. Just do 8thstreetlatinas it. As soon as she 8thstreetlatinas's awake 8thstreetlatinas, she's going to want to talk to you, to tell you all about 8thstreetlatinas it. Whatever 8thstreetlatinas she 8thstreetlatinas tells you, I swear it 8thstreetlatinas's going 8thstreetlatinas to be the 8thstreetlatinas truth. As God is my 8thstreetlatinas witness, everything she says will be the gospel truth. Shit." I 8thstreetlatinas had started after him down the 8thstreetlatinas steps.
I stood 8thstreetlatinas watching him, and slowly began 8thstreetlatinas carla to wonder why my hands hurt. Looking at them, I was able to get my mind off of murderous thoughts as I tried to unclench my fists. Eventually, my 8thstreetlatinas breathing 8thstreetlatinas returned to normal, and I walked back inside to the sleeping girl who would forever alter 8thstreetlatinas the course of my life.
This seemed to confuse her. "Um 8thstreetlatinas ...."
"Um, sure."
I turned 8thstreetlatinas and went swiftly into the kitchen, filled and turned on the kettle, clattered a couple 8thstreetlatinas cups a 8thstreetlatinas bit, and snuck into the spare bedroom. There 8thstreetlatinas, set up in a closet, was an old reel-to-reel tape recorder. Set on its 8thstreetlatinas slowest speed, and with a full standard reel 8thstreetlatinas carla (available only video on a few specialty internet web sights, now), I can record 8thstreetlatinas eight hours video of conversation through the 8thstreetlatinas hidden 8thstreetlatinas microphone 8thstreetlatinas in the 8thstreetlatinas living room. I had used only three hour's 8thstreetlatinas carla worth 8thstreetlatinas in my previous interview. Lots of tape left. I hit carla the record carla button, closed the closet 8thstreetlatinas door, and went back into video the kitchen to finish the video tea. I'm not really sure video what motivated 8thstreetlatinas me to 8thstreetlatinas do this. I think that 8thstreetlatinas carla in the back of my mind I intended to use the tape to convince her to press charges against the guy. For whatever reason, I now have a 8thstreetlatinas recording of the conversation that followed.
Of the two protagonists, I'm definitely 8thstreetlatinas the least noteworthy, so I'll quickly dispatch with myself first. I've 8thstreetlatinas always 8thstreetlatinas been a bit 8thstreetlatinas of a slow starter in life, and while I should have entered college immediately after high video school 8thstreetlatinas (I even had a scholarship), I carla went into 8thstreetlatinas the Army for four years 8thstreetlatinas instead. It 8thstreetlatinas wasn't a total waste, since I wound up 8thstreetlatinas writing for numerous military newspapers 8thstreetlatinas and periodicals; learning the practical side 8thstreetlatinas of writing, so to speak. I earned 8thstreetlatinas a couple more foundation scholarships in the meantime, and wound up with as much free education as 8thstreetlatinas I 8thstreetlatinas carla wanted when 8thstreetlatinas I got out. That was seven years ago. Now, at the time of our little story, I found myself a 31-year-old student 8thstreetlatinas carla; the 8thstreetlatinas "old man" in just about every class I took. Of course, all 8thstreetlatinas good things end 8thstreetlatinas eventually 8thstreetlatinas, and I knew that 8thstreetlatinas very soon 8thstreetlatinas, after 8thstreetlatinas carla I got 8thstreetlatinas the 8thstreetlatinas doctorate, I'd have to move over to the other side of the 8thstreetlatinas fence permanently as a prof. The school already 8thstreetlatinas had a spot waiting for me. I figured I'd 8thstreetlatinas carla take it.
She gave me 8thstreetlatinas a little wave from across 8thstreetlatinas carla the 8thstreetlatinas hall and started walking 8thstreetlatinas my way, when she 8thstreetlatinas was video suddenly intercepted by video a guy who wore a baseball letter on his sweater 8thstreetlatinas. She smiled at 8thstreetlatinas him and talked for a little while, constantly casting glances my way. I got the impression 8thstreetlatinas that she wanted to talk to me, but I didn't know whether I should interrupt their conversation. Then the class started, and my opportunity was gone video. After the lecture, the scene was repeated almost precisely, but this time it was a guy from the 8thstreetlatinas drama club that nabbed her before she could make her way over 8thstreetlatinas to where I stood. Again she kept 8thstreetlatinas carla looking my way video, but carla didn't carla seem to be video able to end her conversation with the video guy 8thstreetlatinas. I 8thstreetlatinas had an important appointment (with "other" #2 video), and finally carla chose to leave her there with her new fan club. Almost 8thstreetlatinas immediately, I regretted my 8thstreetlatinas decision, but the interview I was rushing 8thstreetlatinas to 8thstreetlatinas had been planned for more than a week, and I 8thstreetlatinas couldn 8thstreetlatinas't risk being late.
The 8thstreetlatinas article I was considering was about 8thstreetlatinas the alleged abuse of "mail-order brides" from 8thstreetlatinas India. America men of video Indian descent arranged with matchmakers back home and paid a dowry 8thstreetlatinas to 8thstreetlatinas carla the girls' families, as 8thstreetlatinas well as the video costs to have the young women flown to the states 8thstreetlatinas for marriage. It was an increasingly popular occurrence that, according to the 8thstreetlatinas lady I was interviewing, was leading to consequences that included physical violence 8thstreetlatinas and even 8thstreetlatinas murder after amorous "buyers" became bored 8thstreetlatinas husbands. I met her on campus video, took her to 8thstreetlatinas my house, and talked to her for almost three 8thstreetlatinas hours before video she finally 8thstreetlatinas left. I wasn't sure how I was going to write 8thstreetlatinas carla the 8thstreetlatinas article. It was 8thstreetlatinas most certainly 8thstreetlatinas going to sell, probably to a large national mag, but 8thstreetlatinas I was in the middle of my thesis 8thstreetlatinas, and taking time out for this was 8thstreetlatinas going to be difficult.
"Let the feeling happen now," he continued. "Let the 8thstreetlatinas heaviness come. The wonderful heaviness 8thstreetlatinas. The feeling is 8thstreetlatinas embracing you now. Let 8thstreetlatinas it happen."
He had a lot more video to 8thstreetlatinas say, but for once I 8thstreetlatinas simply 8thstreetlatinas wasn 8thstreetlatinas't paying attention. A 8thstreetlatinas feeling I had never experienced before was starting 8thstreetlatinas carla to form deep inside me. Rage. I very quickly came to the decision that 8thstreetlatinas the girl before me meant a great deal to me, and 8thstreetlatinas that something profound was happening to her that 8thstreetlatinas I should protect her from. Still, I sat rooted to 8thstreetlatinas the spot, watching dumbly as Brenda's arms 8thstreetlatinas fell loosely to her sides and she swayed slightly as he continued to pull her into some sort of hypnotic trance. I'd never 8thstreetlatinas seen this done before, though I'd read about it, of course. She was 8thstreetlatinas totally, completely enthralled. She seemed 8thstreetlatinas to want this, to need it. His words were calm commands that she accepted 8thstreetlatinas carla and then responded to immediately. I remember him using the word "obey," and my anger leapt to new heights. He told her to sleep, and her 8thstreetlatinas eyes slammed shut 8thstreetlatinas. Then she 8thstreetlatinas swayed for a moment 8thstreetlatinas, and leaned heavily against 8thstreetlatinas him, her 8thstreetlatinas cheek against his chest. He held her lightly in his arms 8thstreetlatinas.
"Christ, Freddy. Don't 8thstreetlatinas talk like that. It wasn't rape, I swear 8thstreetlatinas." He was outside now, backing 8thstreetlatinas carla down the steps toward the sidewalk 8thstreetlatinas. "Listen. I 8thstreetlatinas've fixed it so that 8thstreetlatinas you're the one who can wake 8thstreetlatinas her up. Just do 8thstreetlatinas it. As soon as she 8thstreetlatinas's awake 8thstreetlatinas, she's going to want to talk to you, to tell you all about 8thstreetlatinas it. Whatever 8thstreetlatinas she 8thstreetlatinas tells you, I swear it 8thstreetlatinas's going 8thstreetlatinas to be the 8thstreetlatinas truth. As God is my 8thstreetlatinas witness, everything she says will be the gospel truth. Shit." I 8thstreetlatinas had started after him down the 8thstreetlatinas steps.
"Um, sure."
