"Just endure it?" Sylvia Vaughn couldn't believe it. She never imagined hearing those words from Joanna Jacobs—the woman who had spent years abroad, the woman she had always idolized. "Joanna, that man drugged me! He took me to a hotel, and after... after doing that monstrous thing to me, he threatened me. I admit I was blind for liking the wrong person. But how can you ask me to just endure it? Am I supposed to give him what he wants and have my dad give him the exchange student slot? You know my father. He's a man of unwavering integrity; he'd never listen to me..."
A wave of annoyance washed over Joanna Jacobs. 'I really don't want to deal with Sylvia Vaughn's messy problems,' she thought. 'From my perspective, she brought this whole thing on herself. A simple, naive girl who doesn't think before she acts and wears her heart on her sleeve... Who else would a man like that target?'
