David looked up from his laptop computer. “Ah, Matt, I have all the paperwork for you to sign to finalize the purchase of the yacht. However, the cu...rent owner want’s to talk to you first over a video conference. Is that okay with you?”Matt sat down at the conference table, opposite David. “No problem. I’m kind of curious about the seller actually.”“Good, we’re working on setting up the video conference now. It should be ready in just a couple of minutes. After the video conference, we’ll take. The radar scans came back, and it rendered the ships at the waypoint on the holo on her left. Inari scrutinized the ship holos and narrowed her eyes at the sight of one of them.“Jaesa, you there?” Inari called out.“For you captain, always. What’s up?” the AI asked.“Could you please scan all channels and search for any encrypted transmissions?” the Iranian woman questioned.“There are several grades of encryptions that are flying through the channels right now. Did you have anything specific in. " Uh... Love is in the air," Faith commented rather ironically."FAITH!" Willow and Buffy said in the unison, while Dawn didn't seem to pay much attention to Faith's jokes, she had gotten used to them."Sorry guys, couldn't help it. But seriously, what's gotten to you k!d? You're not mad because of some stupid guy, are you? Between you and me, they're not worth it. Never worth it." Well, yeah, I know, but I was supposed to go to the dance with him, and she was supposed to be my friend, instead. She had been shocked by the rapes in the hotel and even more so by the rapes in the holding pens. These were quite alien to the Sicilian code; a ransom kidnap victim was never treated with disrespect and any such behaviour would normally be punished by the miscreant's own colleagues. Here she was raped often, far more than the other prisoners, a fact she correctly ascribed to the rarity of a white woman in captivity. Clearly her captors thought they had nothing to fear from her family.More.