Bitten!

I froze. This was new ground. "Uh yeah... She is..."

I lowered my head and because of the awkward silence, I raised my head slowly to see her looking thoughtfully at me.

"There is no need to be ashamed of that." Was she joking or was she mocking me?

"We all have to survive somehow," She reasoned. "Dignity is nothing compared to that."

I should have felt offended because she was inferring something that should have made my blood boil but surprisingly I felt consoled and as though someone understood that some people have no choice. People like my mother.

"And I find it blatantly unfair that she gets called names when the man is also willingly involved gets called a victim but that's just the life we live in."

I nodded and smiled ruefully. It was hopeless because she was right; that was just how the world worked. I took another munch of the sandwich satisfied at least that I could talk to someone about the issue without being judged.

"What's your sister's name?" I asked

"Sarah." She r