His only chip to play was his own importance to Morant. He could refuse to do his job unless Janie came with them. That wasn’t part of the contract....Morant would leverage that. He had Will’s map. He had a captain who thought she could take on the Drifts without him. Morant might just toss him and Bella overboard if the contract was broken. He and Bella hadn’t been part of the brawl at Mary’s, but they’d been part of smuggling Captain Vex away. The Kidds would kill them just for that. She was to leave for Spain and a rugged and remote coastal location the very next day! The tickets were waiting for her when she came home from work and her heart sank when she saw them. It did not matter that she had known for weeks that the day was soon to come - she was sick of the whole damned business by now. Her bruises had just about healed after the realistically filmed torture scenes and all her aches and pains had gone. Now she was to have to go through it all again!At least she would. Halfway down the path Corri stopped to get a stone out of her shoe. As she was shaking it out, she glanced behind her. About a hundred yardsback she could see the man in the black raincoat walking toward her.Corri's heart started pounding. The man was frightening enough on apublic street but on a deserted path in the woods, he was terrifying.Corri hurriedly put her shoe back on and started walking at a very fastpace. Looking back it was clear that not only was she not getting awaybut he was. Big hoop earrings and long fake acrylic nails completed the outfit. I have very soft and feminine features to begin with and my attention to detail was not lost on the crowd. The girls all fussed over me and most of the guys were almost afraid to talk to me because I looked so sexy.I had a great time at the party acting like a slut, getting buzzed on wine, flirting, playing pool, etc.Late in the evening when the party was winding down, this older guy told me asked me if i wanted to slip out to.