It's awful, James, you've no idea how bad it is. For days I couldn't think about anything except how much I loved you and needed you."It was only when...she uttered these words that I realised with dismay and remorse that in my absorption with my own concerns I had not given a thought to the way my poor Fran must have suffered between her initial exposure to FUCK and our confrontation in the office a full six days later."Fran, I'm so sorry," I said guiltily. "You must have been so miserable and. Thankfully, she’d been shoved into the only spot in the room that didn’t have a hole in the ceiling, a dark corner behind the door. In all honesty, it was the first time she’d been thankful for that dry little corner. She’d envied the girls that had holes above their heads for nights now. At least, she thought, they could look up and see the clouds or blue sky during the day and the stars at night, reminding them that this stinky, hot, disgusting little room wasn’t all there was to the world. . Hope turned and put on her slippers. She tiptoed past the sleeping Major and quietly went downstairs. She was surprised to see the lights were off, and when she entered the kitchen — no Jacob? Puzzled, Hope turned to head back to her room. She did a double take when she noticed the patio door was ajar. She walked over, and began to slide the door closed."Ouch!" Hope softly said, as she brought her finger up to her mouth. She tasted blood and looked closely at the door. She saw strips of wood. "Coming Big Daddy" I said.When I opened the door he stood there holding his cowboy hat and he had with him, Slim, one of his hired hands. They both walked in past me liked they owned the place. I was later to find out that he, Roy actually did. "Now, girly! What the Hell is this all about? " Sit down here and talk to Big Daddy! "I told him what had happened, not going into details of course. But that I was upset. "Well, thats understandable, don't mind her, she's just a little jealous of ya,.