"I just can't let them go on like this," Lydia said, feeling shame at her nakedness now.
"Here," Tom said, looking around and finding several woolen blankets stacked up in a corner of the barn. He opened them and covered both Lydia and her friend.
"You think there'll be any kind of normal life for me after it's all over?" Lydia asked as Tom led her and Tina from the barn.
"I'll do what I can to make sure there will be one," Tom said consolingly, putting his arm around the trembling young blonde. As Lydia leaned her head against the big man's shoulder and followed him back to the main gate she was sure his words would come true.