She gave a start as Lex laid his hand upon her shoulder, his fingers squeezing almost reassuringly, sending a chill through her flesh."You are breatht...king, did you know that? So beautiful, so vulnerable. A worthy addition to my collection, don’t you think?"He paused, letting the silence stretch for some time while she drank in other details of the room, trembling at his choice of words. Small metal rings set in the floor at various places, as well as in the wall at differing heights. She. Doesn’t it always seem as if you are one day late, should have been here last night, should have been here last week. Never seem to make the connection on the right night.I drank my beer had another one and decided to go back to the motel and jerk off.No sense having a hang over for nothing. I walked out front stopped to light a cigarette and started for my car. Got to the alley beside the bar and a guy walked out zipping his cutoffs.. “Hey, anything going on in there?” He asked.“Nope, dead. I assume that’s what set off the fight. I talked to Donald about it and he said that one of them was in dire need of someone to replace Miranda. That her life was unraveling without that anchor-point. I wasn’t sure I could do what he asked me, but I’d ... I’d taken from them, hurt them without ever even seeing their faces.”I stopped and took a few breaths. This part had weighed heavily on my decision. “I killed Miranda,” I said shakily. “I didn’t see any other way out and I wasn’t the one who. We wait until we return home," I told her to a disappointed look."That will have to do then," she said. I moved the bucket of reasonably hot water over to the bathing area so they could use it to wash their clothes. While they did that, I got out all of the large containers to put water in since I wasn't sure about the well.Lesia soon began bringing wet clothes out to hang on the line to dry. This would also add humidity to the air in the cabin. She was too short to reach the line, and I moved.