Always have been. I bet you could dress down and still be the bestlooking girl in school." You're just saying that," she said. "I look disheveled. I t...ink thisdress is too wrinkled from the trip and from being stuffed in my car." Nicole, you're fine. Stop stressing out, this is getting ridiculous." Hey, don't get mad at me!" she said. "You know how I get when you're notaround." Yeah well," I muttered. "Sometimes I think you just use your anxiety andme as a crutch."We both paused. Oh no. I said. The screen then started counting down from thirty, in five second intervals. When the screen hit zero Martin felt a brief tingle. Before he could do or say a thing, metal clamps appeared from under the arms of the chair, securing his arms. He felt a tight belt encircle his waist. He looked down to see himself locked in. He struggled a bit and found himself securely strapped in.How was this possible? Was this some kind of virtual reality? He could feel the straps on his body. More, he could feel. "Actually, we had an alternate payment plan in mind honey," another man said."Like what?" Ashli asked."We're all going to fuck that virgin cunt of yours, and your boy-toy Brian here is going to sit here and watch his dream fade away," the man said."Like hell you are," screamed Brian."Oh yeah, what are you going to do about it little man?" one of the men said laughingly."Please... you have to be kidding," sobbed Ashli.The next move, however, convinced her that they weren't kidding at all. One of. Afterwards I took a long hot shower, thenstretched out naked on the bed with a book and a Cubancigar. The July evening was hot and sticky and the airconditioning was sub-par, so I opened the window nextto the bed and listened to the sounds of gondoliersfloating up from the canal directly below. Maybe twentyfeet away across the canal was another wing of theDanieli. As the sunlight faded, the room lights began to come onacross the canal. I got up and turned on all the lightsin my room, then.