Megan told her everything. Shame loomed large upon her troubled head and fear of Deanna’s threat nearly made her choke on her words, but somehow she found the strength to overcome. After all the panicking and pandemonium she had endured over the past few weeks, she hoped she would soon develop immunity to such chaos. All her years of a relatively peaceful, quiet existence were being atoned for in a matter of days.
Turning slowly towards her mother and looking her squarely in the eye, she began to speak. “I was attacked.”
Nancy seemed incredulous at first and then horrified. “My God, Megan! Are you OK? How did they get into the house?”
“It wasn’t in the house,” Megan continued. “I went to the pool.”
“The pool?” Nancy asked.
Megan began to feel ashamed. Her parents had expected her to uphold her end of the bargain and she had failed them. And while she had paid dearly for it, the guilt would not go away.
Megan nodded. “Me and Sabrina and Des. We were having a good time…and then, I don’t know what happened…. I…. I guess I wet myself. I didn’t think anyone saw, but then when I got to the shower…”

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