She had smelled the smoke from his pipe as it drifted out the cabin door. Its sweet pungent odor enveloped her mind, giving her visions of golden fore...ts, crisp autumn walks hand-in-hand, cheerleaders and football games. The invisible tendrils of smoke wove their magic in her brain, binding her tighter to her mystery man.The 'click' of the humidor in the silent mountain air sounded like a gunshot. He was moving again! She braced herself as best she could, but she had no idea what was coming.. Carefully she rose and gathered her things. She had touched him and felt how cool he was. She looked at the clock and realized she had passed out for over an hour. Quickly she dressed and left the room. She didn't see anyone around and went to her room to think.That she felt guilty and worthless was an understatement. Yes she had to pick herself up and report it to the police. Yet she would pretend that she found his body. She couldn't hurt Ken. She did still love him. She would just have to. They left saying “enjoy your food”“I wonder just what you’d have to do to get as good price?” I said to Sarah.She laughed and said “Well maybe its worth finding out.” I looked at her trying to work out if she was serious and she just raised her eyebrows and smiled. Later that afternoon after she had downed a couple of glasses of fizz we started packing away our stuff to go back to the room. All afternoon Sarah had been flirting with Ali and me and a couple of other guys so she was obviously in. Lin pushed a button on the wall and spoke loudly toward the speakers. Two men approached Melanie, each taking one of her arms. They pulled her over to the hanging chains, lifting her arms and enclosing a manacle over each of her wrists with a loud snap. The girl now faced the window, her arms hanging loosely over her head, as the men in the room walked around admiring her tall, thin body from every angle.“Now, you have your turn,” the commander said to Jackie. “You can help your daughter.