There were no other options. I had no way to pay them back, and for some reason, he was set on having you.’ Bella almost flinched at his words, yet...instead of being hurt, they just added to her anger. ‘Oh well if he was SOOOOO set on having me then, I guess you just didn’t have a choice then,’ she stated sarcastically. For a second, her father missed her sarcasm and seemed almost cheerful that Bella might have understood his ‘plight’. However, once he realized that she was truly not. . and so do I."I established links with all four of them and very gently allowed individual streams of emotion to trickle down to each one. Belle smiled brightly back at me as she hugged herself. Rosie's smile faded away and her exhaustion was quickly replaced with a look of wonder."Wow! Pretty!" she gasped softly.Tink and AJ, still tightly holding hands, were gaping at one another then turned their heads towards me at the same time."What do you think?" I asked.The four of them moved so fast I. When I heard the shower being turned off, I made my way upstairs. Her bedroom door was open, but I still knocked as I peaked in. She was sitting at her dressing table doing her hair. She turned towards me and smiled, and invited me in."Tell me about your day, Jill, while I finish my hair," she insisted. So I told her. And I didn't leave anything out.She seemed satisfied with her hair and spun around on her stool. She was naked, and with a wicked smile, she said; " You really are an outrageous. Lauren was crying she sobbed explaining his texts had become more risqu?lately and that Rico had threatened her. He told her he was going totell me if she didn't agree to meet him. She had begged him not to tellme but she definitely didn't agree to meet him.The officer was nodding along. "Look Mr Curtiss we have corroboratedyour story with your work colleagues and normally this wouldn't besomething we would follow up, but because of the severity of MrGonzalez's injuries we had to follow up..