When I staggered, the man grabbed my arm and helped me up, almostgently. Immediately I found out that compliance had its benefits.The man let me lean ...n him, as he guided me through the narrow hallways.The bunker was ancient, with rusted metal pipes poking from the walls ofunhealthy cement ready to disintegrate.We ended up in an office of sorts. The furniture was utilitarian andparse, and all of the equipment was easily portable. This was atemporary operation. My captors were under less. He smelled her hair, felt the warmth of her body next to his and realised that this is where he belonged ... needed to be, with his woman.The next few days they spent at home, swimming, talking and sunbathing. Robert had made the excuse that he wanted her all for himself for a while longer, and that in any case Pearl would be getting ready for Jeremy’s return from New York, which Terry seemed to accept.One morning as he was dressing Terry called from the bathroom. “Bobby could you wash my. She gained her pride and confidence because of the open and clear love you showed her. When you got shot at the barn, I almost died because I realized you had become like a son to me also. I was still never sure about your feelings toward me, until you said what you did in the hospital. When we came home, I cried for two days because I was so ashamed of the way I had treated you for all those years. I realized I had never given you a way or even an opening to show or tell me how you felt about. Excuse me…can I get past…excuse me.’ Until in her anger she poked the man in front of her who was blocking her way and hadn’t moved and shouted. ‘Move out the bloody way you prick.’ Fifty odd pair of eyes all looked at her as the man moved and she reached the doors just as they opened. Rushing out of the crowed train she ran up the station platform trying to make it out into the daylight before she was sick, but failing. People streamed past her as she threw up, many of them commenting on how.