I knew even then I wasn't pretty enough for television."Josie laughed. "Actually, you're not half bad-looking. A little skinny, maybe, for a jock, but...I think the female fans will take to you, readily enough. You're what we call a 'sliver.'" A sliver?" Yeah. Smallish, skinny, rangy guy. Fred Astaire in spikes. Lots of women go for that type." How about you? Do you go for that type?" No ballplayers in my life, fat or thin, tall or short," Josie said. I thought she sounded a little wistful about. "Jimmy's pale face flushed at the compliment but he shook his head again. "Maybe you are right Grandpa. I just know that I don't want to be afraid like that again. I didn't know if dad was going to live. I heard what those men said they were doing to the women and I was afraid they would catch mom," he said blushing even more as he glanced at Mary. "Then I almost wrecked us when I left the pavement to head north towards the property. I thought we were going to roll. I remembered what dad said. ”“I thought I heard Magill had taken down everyone at the ranch?”“He did, but the implications I’m getting take this thing far deeper. This is looking much bigger than we initially thought. In fact, if you’ve some associates and state law officials you trust, you might see if they can get here.”“I’ll get right on it.”“Judge, if you’d hold up a minute, I want the three of you to hear this together.” The Judge was surprised at this, on top of Abram’s earlier statement, but he just nodded and. Dr. Harper's torture chamber was more oblong than square, with three wooden, coffin-shaped boxes standing upright against the far wall. They were painted white and bolted to the brickwork.The long wall on my right was bedecked with all manner of bondage and torture equipment. A row of leather hoods and straps topped a row of riding crops, paddles and whips. All the above items were black in colour, as was the ropes and rubber tubes on the bottom row of the array.Four black latex suits hung in a.