“They could have killed us,” I said, “but they didn’t.” “No, they didn’t.They hurt us, though.You’re just a little girl, Tangy.You don’t understand that people don’t have the right to treat you any old way they want.” “What about you?” I asked, although I hadn’t intended to.“Do you have the right to treat me any way you want?” “What are you talking about?” “You know what I’m talking about, Hambone. I talking about what you tried to do to me in my mother’s kitchen.” “Oh, that,” he said.“You shouldn’t flirt with people if you don’t wanna be bothered. If you remember, you led me to that kitchen.
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