It was one of Dave’s neighbors, Emily.My first thoughts were, at least it isn’t one of our mates. Neither Dave or I were out and while they wouldn...��t care, it would make things weird. Anyone seeing me in a speedo straddling a bound and gagged Dave would be beyond weird for them.With this and many other thoughts flying through my brain, Emily was looking at me, at us I suppose. Dave had also been shocked at the sound, he still hadn’t exhaled. I looked at Emily and saw that she was smiling and. ‘Hey sweet thing.’ ‘Hi. I need to talk. Can I come over?’ ‘Of course. Are you OK?’ ‘No. I mean, I am, but not really. I just … I’ll be there in a few minutes.’ ‘OK. I’ll see you then.’ Now I was worried. My head spun with disastrous thoughts. I tried to reason my way past them, mostly by clutching at semantic straws. She said ‘I’ need to talk, not ‘we’. Then again, that might just mean she didn’t intend to let me talk. She was just going to say what she needed to say, and then walk away. At. "Yes for real," she said."I just had a bad thought," he said."Huh?" What if, you know, Jessica starts to notice that good 'ole uncle Hiram isn't coming around anymore. It could raise questions..." I don't know. I guess we'll just have to wait and deal with that issue if and when it ever comes up," she said. "Jesus, how could I have not thought of that!"He went pensive. "I'm going to miss us all being one big happy family," he said. She nodded."Once the dust settles, we'll try to make amends. Turning on the radio to drown out his complaining, she congratulated herself on her choice of victim. This one had a lot of spirit, it would be a real challenge to break him, but she knew she'd win in the end, she always did. Once home, after driving into the garage and closing the automatic doors behind them, Pamela left the car and entered without a word or glance in Craig's direction. He no longer bothered to struggle, he'd already discovered Pamela was no novice at tying ropes and he was.