I listened to Billy talking with Murdock, heads together and hands on each others shoulders, and telling him he was going to divide the group and for ...im to take his men and head toward the Rock Creek and come down that way and cut off anybody that tried to leave town over the bridge."Close that damn bridge, close it tight. Don't shoot if you don't have to, just stop 'em. Tie 'em up or whatever but don't let them muttonheads get out to tell Annapolis or Bladensburg what's happening."Murdock. Her efforts to renew the lease were met with a sneer from her landlord, who told her that given her obvious flightiness he would maintain her as a tenant only with a significant increase in rent, the first two months payable in advance. Caroline gave an inward sigh at the unfairness of life and asked her landlord to hold the lease open until she could return with the necessary funds. ‘You wish to close your account?’ her banker asked her with a smile on his face. On James’s advice, she had. A female classmate namedAshley and an unknown woman approached. Ashley was one of the girls Ihad fucked my junior year. We didn't have a relationship per se outsidethe physical."Of course, this makes perfect sense," Ashley said."What makes sense?" I asked disturbed by her presence."The only reason I let you touch me was because you were actually awoman deep inside. That's what I sensed about you," she said.My mind immediately registered that they were a Lesbian couple. I had noidea Ashley was a. “Kidnapped?”“Unmarked narrow RIB boat ... just like the US military uses. The boat they deny having but everybody knows they do.”Then I had to relate the entire situation and outcome.“Huge black outboard?” Zoe marveled, “No markings?”“Yup,” I said. “At least 300 hp ... probably forty-four thousand dollars in a marina. Probably more ... deniability costs extra.”That got a chuckle from Zoe ... and a look of outrage from Cynthia.She said, “Why? Why did they want us? We don’t know anything.”“Fear.