of our starting a new life.
"Get real. girl." Teal said. "Those kinds of
dreams are for girls who still believe in the tooth
fairy."
"I'll choose my own dreams, thank you," I said,
but not with a great deal of confidence.
They were both quiet for a while, thinking. I
guess in our secret heart of hearts, we were all longing
for someone who would care enough about us to keep
such cruel things from happening to us. Those kinds
of people were just impossible to find for the three of
us, I thought.
The van continued to ride over smoother roads.
After a while, especially because of all we had already
been through, the monotonous sound of the engine
and the squeaks and moans in the metal were
hypnotizing. We were all having a hard time keeping
ourselves awake,
"I'm tired," Robin said. "I can't believe how
tired I am. I feel like I just went through a torture
chamber."
"I hate to think what awaits us at Dr. Foreman's
funny farm." Teal said.
We were all silent again, each of us thinking
about that, I'm sure. I know I managed to drift off for a while, but when I wake, I was sore and achy all over I heard the other two rustling about. Finally, we felt the van turn sharply, speed up, bounce hard, then come to a stop. I didn't know about the other two. but I was sweating so much. I thought I would slide out of
the van.
The door was opened and we saw a pole light
shedding illumination on what looked like a gravel
driveway. M'Lady One was there at the opened doors. "Get out." she ordered.
We crawled to the doorway and climbed out of