” she told Leon the next morning, straining her neck from the thin mattress to look him in the face “It’s because of staff shortages; during the...whole watch on Sunday evening nobody monitors the corridor between the interrogation cell and the fire escape. I have keys to both”. Leon liked the proposal. As soon as she had outlined her plan he bent over her to unclip her restraints.“And, because it is impossible to deny that you unlocked the cell, you escape with him?” he asked. “Then we can bring. Question at the end where you will be able to wager all the money you have accumulated for the day. If your balance is at or below zero, then you may not wager anything. If both are at or below zero dollars then you both lose and will be instructed to choose a forfeit. Miss Sydney has instructed me to remind you that while some questions are not easy, there are no trick questions.“One last reminder: every answer must be in the form of a question. For example, ‘Who is Briar Rabbit?’ or ‘What is. .. this goddamn city. I can't believe this, stuck in a goddamn elevator in the middle of the day. This really sucks!" I'm sure it won't be long," the secretary piped in. "When this has happened before they have been pretty good about getting everything running again... Usually within fifteen or twenty minutes." Yeah, like you're some kind of goddamn expert on power outages," the Manager retorted.More silence... long, long silence. I couldn't judge the time. It felt like forever... ten thousand. Stacey smiled sharkishly."Is there any answer I could give that would make you stop wanting to have sex with me?" Hmm ... she has a horrible venereal disease? Well, if so I've got it too by now. Anything else that would make me go soft for Stacey?"Not really." Alrighty then."Yes, of course I went past all the boutiques and shops that the Ex used to visit, I knew her friends would gossip. (Though clothes shopping seemed pointless) Took in a movie; (Brave One with Jodie Foster) Stacey seemed not.