His hand mvoed to her naked breast and pinched ehr nipple hard. When she opened ehr mouth to screech, a hard ball gag was shoved into it. ‘There no.... Your first will be in shortly. Have a good day Anna.’ The door opened and then closed behind him. Anna pulled at her ties, trying to escape but knowing it was useless. She wouldn’t get free until they let her. The door opened and a man stepped in. She recognized his build as ‘The Brutal One.’ He would delight in her pain and torture. She would. We were caught like fish in a barrel.’ ‘Didn’t you have no wire-cutters, Dad?’ ‘Each Company had a couple o’ sets. C Company were caught in open ground under heavy machine gun fire, with yards of wire between us and the Enemy. Unable to go forward we took heavy casualties. Lieutenant Edrich was mortally wounded and, with the Sarge dead and the Corporal gut-shot and out of it, I was the NCO in charge. We couldn’t survive long enough out in the open to cut the wire, so we dug in under withering. Some people took the hint and began to leave, and dragged the people who didn’t get the hint with them. Within the hour, everyone had gone. Chris was standing at the doorway, saying his last goodbyes when Cassie pulled him away. Ann took over and sent everyone off. ‘I’m so tired, I could curl up on the floor and sleep.’ She told him as she dragged him away. Chris chuckled, but she could see that he was equally tired. ‘C’mon, show me my room so I can get some sleep.’ Chris nodded and led her. The looked genuinely happy, probably she thought because they were amateurs and doing it for charity. The music was upbeat and added to the excitement. As she looked around, she noticed a boy on his own on the opposite side of the catwalk, closer to the changing rooms, also watching the parade. She was impressed. He looked about Mike’s age but that made him all the more interesting - she couldn’t imagine her brother being interested in such things. As he turned to look at the far end of the.