Alice turned just as the man reached out to touch her cousin. She could see the way he looked at Lory. It made her feel sick. Alice was lost, but she wouldn't allow the same thing to happen to her cousin. And certainly not through such a rude stranger who couldn't keep his hands to himself! Someone had to help her.

Her own sorrows were forgotten for the moment. She rushed forward. "Don't touch my cousin!" There was some power in having nothing to lose.