Was he actually coming on to her? "Well I'll take that as a compliment, thank you Rick." They both stood there sipping on their bourbon not saying any...hing, but there was a certain amount of tension in the air.She was being so quiet that Rick was sure she was angry. "Look Rachel I'm sorry if I offended you I certainly didn't mean to."She looked at him, so young and so damned good looking. "I didn't take any offense Rick it's just... well I'm not used to having men giving me compliments, that's. She had never gone beyond being able to sense where people were, and what they were doing. Of course her recent education had taught her the value of research and how to carry it out. She searched on line and visited the library, she sought out second hand bookshops and quickly amassed a vast quantity of information. She went through it all carefully. Clearly it wasn’t magical and it didn’t fit with any of the oddball theories like phrenism or phrenology, she felt around her head but decided. ‘Do you like that?’ I ask. ‘Yeah,’ as he looks up into my eyes. ‘Do you want to play?’ He asks, ‘do you?’ ‘I have been wanting to play for a long time, but you know that. I have never been shy about admitting it,’ I say. ‘What did you have in mind?’ he asks. ‘Mmmmmm….lots of fun of course. Are you up for it?’ I ask. ‘Definitely, how do you want to start the fun?’ he replies. ‘Well….how about I tell you what I am going to do to you first, but….while I do that, I want to watch you touch yourself,. I’ll kill you, you hear?’ He had reeked of cheap whisky and anger. She didn’t know how long she had been curled up in the corner. The pounding at the door fell on deaf ears and she didn’t even acknowledge Dimitri as he made his way into the kitchen. Shock made his mouth hang wide open, the apartment was absolutely trashed, TV overturned, couches slashed. He stepped over the laptop only to have worst fear realized. Madi was curled in a ball in the corner between the counter and the wall, arms.