He shuffled around in his flip-flops, traversing a space that extended about 15 feet to either side of his front door.A thought about the day at work ...ntered his mind halfway through the smoke. He cocked his head, looking down the block at nothing as he played an interaction over in his head. He didn't notice the man approaching him from behind until the footsteps shook him from his reverie.Doug turned around in mild alarm. A man of medium height in a beat-up brown leather jacket and dark jeans. A note lay on the bed beside her."My darling husband, A month ago I promised that I would deny you nothing. Tonight is my proof of that. I am tied, blindfolded and gagged. I can make no protest. Take me any way you desire. I have often wondered what it would be like to be at the complete mercy of someone. I trust you explicitly. I know you will not hurt me. I know you will make my fantasy everything I could imagine and more. Cassie left some things in the bathroom to help you. I love you,. She just wished that he could have found another way.Then she laughed to herself. Vlad, for all intents and purposes, was as immortal, as far as healing himself, as any of her long-lost blood-sisters. He knew that, if Elisabeta were to kill him, she would make sure he stayed dead. Now she understood why he had chosen her as his executioner.'Wow!' she thought to herself. 'Talk about slow witted ... Being butchered so often must take its toll on my thinking abilities... 'She walked up to the edge. I had deftly avoided Conny and Melissa before their performance but eluding Chelsea Rome had proven a bit more difficult. It was Chelsea’s debut performance of the song on nationwide TV and she was rightfully nervous. She paced around the backstage area so I had to constantly be on the move to stay out of her sight.Conny and Melissa stayed in place until it was their time in the spotlight. Both were official members of the Grand Ole Opry and both had performed on awards shows dozens of.