An Extract from ' Taking a Chance' by Susan Williams.

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Through swollen eyes, Mary watched him stagger down the alley and she waited until he was out of sight before she got up, then she dragged her frail body to the river and scrubbed herself for an hour. But no amount of water could wash away the pain and humiliation she felt inside, nor could it take away the fear that one day, she would catch some dreadful disease from him.