"Chris said, "Why do we have to do that?"Samantha put her finger to Chris' lips and said, "Shush up now."***After they got dressed, Penelope came back...in and put blindfolds overeach of them. They didn't even get a minute alone to talk amongstthemselves as she carefully led them down to the van for a short carride. Todd knew at least Samantha and Kelly were in the van with themand at least three other pledges from the voices he recognized. He wasled up some stairs and then through a door. He. But I stayed dressed. Naked she looked and asked if something was wrong.Nothing is wrong. Jun you look beautiful and I am pleased that you are here. Are you OK? Have you been treated well?Yes Jake, they all treat me good. They say we are all family. I know we are not, but it is fun.Jun, did you finish high school?Yes, but no money for college.There are good colleges in Gensan. What would you like to study?Would you let me study business?Of course. Tomorrow morning you go and get the forms and. “James is gone.”“I assumed that those were his tires I heard squealing down the street.”Erin seemed to be completely nonplussed.“Erin, you seem a lot less upset than I figured you would be, especially after what you said to him.”“You were listening?” She raised an eyebrow as she looked at me.“Yes, Sweetie. I had to, you know, just in case things went badly.” I admitted.“Well, my knight in shining armor, I had been running variations of that little speech through my head since he left me and. Kim wanted so much to stop the car, run into their house and tell them she was in trouble. The car moved on, past the Beach Club and past the Del Monte lodge itself where the rich and famous came to play and vacation. At last they came to a tall fence with barbed wire around the top. At an electronic signal, the gate swung open and the car turned noiselessly in.They drove down a tree-lined drive until they sighted the house. It was a rich house, a sumptuous home, typical of the tasteful,.