I could see the sky lighting up through the blinds. The summer storms had been frequent the previous couple of weeks, one occuring almost every evenin.... They called them "pop-up" storms. Well, they certainly made Jim pop up! We had been housesitting for his sister and her family while they went to Florida. It was early June, and I was 8 months pregnant. I spent a lot of time in their pool, because I was at my most comfortable there. Of course, Jim liked to see me in the pool at night, because. Theres a blindfold around my head. My hands are tied to the headboard behind me, and my ankles are bound to either side of the footboard. I cant move very much, just enough to wriggle. Oh, and Im also naked. I strain against the ropes, hoping to slip one of my hands free, to no avail. The material is strange, it doesnt chafe against the skin, but it doesnt slide very well either. Silk maybe? Its hard to tell without being able to see it. I continue to pull at my bonds, hoping that something,. We’re amongst some rocks just above the road where it makes a sharp turn just after the rocks. There’s little scrub around here to hide in so it’s a bad site for a normal ambush, but ideal for us because we want to be behind the target and not in front of it. We manhandle both ballista into place and sit down amongst the slight scrub to wait while the rest of my team go around the other side of the rocks to wait.About when we expected it to arrive the coach comes down the road and makes the. .." I said to Jim, Colleen, Rebecca, and Beth Ann. They could see my anxiety about having this particular conversation, and I was determined to have it out, since Jim brought it up. We were in the kitchen, and Colleen was asking about a large payment I made to a Doctor Abrams in New York City. "I've hesitated to tell you these things because it sounds insane. You need to love me enough to hear me out before you declare me mentally unfit and send the guys with the butterfly nets to take me.