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24and I%u2019ll bring you a nice tall glass.%u201d Martha said and went inside.Carla sat down and thought about Martha. She was from mixed race parents, her mother was a black woman and her father was white. Martha had shown her pictures of her mother, a lithe beautiful lady. It was Martha who had showed her about using leeches to decorate her body. She, Martha never suffered sickness of any kind and attributed the reason to using the leeches, which she said, implanted antibacterial agents into her blood.%u201cHere we are,%u201d Martha said as she stepped out of the shack, handing Carla a glass of fizzing ginger beer before sitting down and clutching her own glass. %u201cNow, is this just a social visit or is there something on your mind?%u201dCarla wondered where to begin and how much she should share. She stayed silent for awhile.%u201cHow are your mother and father treating you?%u201d Martha asked, maybe thinking their behaviour towards her had grown worse, Carla surmised.%u201cThe same. He hasn%u2019t attempted to rape me again,%u201d Carla said, taking hold of her Bowie knife but leaving it holstered.Martha smiled. %u201cYou keep that handy. If I know your father and mother well, as you blossom into a beautiful young woman, they may try renting you out to other men to make money.%u201dShe laughed. %u201cHuh, the town will be filled with men without any cocks if that ever happens.%u201d %u201cI%u2019ve told you, once you are eighteen, Carla, you can move out and come and live here. If that dreadful man should try and come for you, I have a trusted shotgun inside and I know how to use it.%u201d%u201cThank you, Martha,%u201d Carla said and kissed her. %u201cWill you show me your body again, please?%u201dSwamp Tramp