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Show Brian hunched over me, h i s legs pinning me down. "I'm sorry, honey. You Jus"t s h o u l d n ' t take y o u r s e l f so s e r i o u s l y . Come on down to our level and have some fun." "No!" I wailed. I put my hands over my face. Horror passed through me sojlfthat every nerve seemed to tremble. I flashed on the moments when Danny had s a t on me, j u s t t h i s way, holding me down, tickling my f e e t u n t i l I passed out, dripping water on my forehead u n t i l I screamed, hog-tying me and leaving me alone in the corner. How long u n t i l my ^mother would come home? Would she u n t i e me, have the strength to save me, save me from my b r o t h e r . After I had l a in immobile A Danny had come to me, h i s voice soft and persuasive. 'I don't like to leave you t i e d up. Just say t h a t y o u ' l l do anything I tell you t o , and I ' l l l e t you g o . ' And a dark c u r t a i n had f a l l en between me and the moment, s h u t t i n g out the l i g h t of a l l my yesterdays and tomorrows. I screamed and screamed. S t i l l he would not untie me. 'Mama!' I had c r i e d , then remembered she was not at home. 'Just do what I t e l l you t o . ' he said, and I had whispered, 'No, I won't be your s l a v e . ' And h i s face over me, looking down. 'You're «nly a g i r l . I'm a boy. I hold the p r i e s t h o o d . ' And so I had waited for what seemed l i k e a l l my l i f e and f i n a l l y I whispered into the fusty carpet, 'All r i g h t . I ' l l do what you say. Please l e t me g o .' I looked up a t Brian. I remembered the r a p i s t , hunkered over •e, fumbling at my s k i r t . "Let me g o . " I was s u r p r i s e d at the force of my voice; the trembling u n c e r t a i n t y had l e f t my chest. Brian m°ved aside, h i s face somber. Danny and Dierdre s t i l l giggled together °n the sofa. They seemed l i k e demons sent to torment me for something thad already paid for long ago. Where, then, was redemption? Was i t p o s s i b l e , - t h a n , that evil simply occured, whether "illed or not, whether planned or not? Was i t possible that the |
