He proceeded as though she was having a nightmare, as warned. He looked about the room, making certain they were alone when with a calm voice: ‘Alex...s — it’s okay — you’re having a bad dream. There’s nothing to harm you. Please come down. I promise its okay.’ In time he saw her regaining her senses when she dropped to the floor with a resounding thud suggesting her weight also increased along with her bulk. She went into his arms, folding hers at her chest — like she was praying. He felt her. "This isperfect," she said, closing the door and unfastening his trousers,slipping them down to the floor. She turned her back to him and said,"Can you unzip my skirt at the back for me Terry, please?"Terry sat down on the bed and pulled the zip down on her skin tighthobble skirt, sliding it off for her and leaving her standing in balletheels, and black seamed stockings with twelve suspenders. She unfastenedthe buttons on her blouse, removed her bracelets and bangles and slid theblouse off.It. “We’re done here. We’re transporting the body to the morgue. There’s no sign of foul play. I’d like your contact information. I’m sure the next of kin will want to go through the apartment for personal effects.”Sierra stepped away from the door and returned with a business card. “I run the coffee shop downstairs,” she said. “I’m always around.”The officers headed down the stairs and the door to apartment B cracked open. An older woman in a long flannel nightgown stepped into the hallway.. " Bianca's voice rose."You're right," Kellie said with a nod. She turned her head towards the captives. "Anybody who wants go it alone, you can leave. Take the gang's guns, but stay the fuck away from us. That's your chance--stay the fuck away from us!"There were tears in Kellie's eyes when she spoke to me. "Are you sure you don't want to fuck her? She egged on a lot of the bullying." Fuck no, Kellie!"She nodded and pulled out her handgun."Kellie, no!" Bianca grabbed her arm."I can't leave her.