"I came back."That wasn't good enough for Sheila. I would have been surprised if it had been."No kidding, Nat. I figured that out all by myself. The q...estion is why are you back? Is something wrong? Is it Todd? Or Mom and Dad?"Sheila was starting to panic herself and for that I was sorry. I didn't mean to worry her. I just wanted her out of this other man's arms. I took a deep breath."Sheila, calm down. Everyone is fine. I just came back to see if I could take you to dinner. I figured you. True to my word I dragged you from your cage and tied your arms to the ceiling.I spent nearly an hour playing with your body. I used my hands at first before switching to a thick wooden paddle. I tried a thin wooden rod for a bit, but it snapped after a few strikes to your shins. The little, multi-stranded whip seemed to get the most reaction from you though, which was a bit of a surprise to me.When I was tired I cuffed your hands behind your back and shoved you back in your cage. I filled your. )The efforts in San Francisco and other parts of California had been very successful, except that Guiterrez had not been caught. With the warrant from Portland, he would be on 'Most Wanted' lists within a week. He couldn't get far.Having brought us up to speed on the 'peripheral' stuff, Frank grinned and told us about the trap he'd set with Sandy.Seems he had a couple of Portland police detectives, one a lady with hair similar to Sarah's, on the fly bridge, pretending to be us. Inside were two. It is set back in a large grove of trees about a hundred yards off a small secondary road. The house is miles from the nearest neighbor. It is not exactly like the ‘House of Usher’, but it does have a sort of old, creepy feel to it. Because of these features nobody will hear noises from the house if Grace and Isadora don’t cooperate with us. I am sure we can ‘persuade’ them if needed. We formed a simple plan. Martin would move in and restrain both of the women while I handled the interface with.