" Waking Shirley is back."Shirley blinked two times and then looked at her surroundings, as if to get her bearings. "Why are we here?" she asked, real...zing that she was under hypnosis although she was conversational."Don't be nervous," I instructed her."Oh. OK."I didn't know if this would actually work, since I never brought Shirley into this particular room before. However, I wanted her to know that I hypnotized her and asked her not to be nervous. The order I gave her in the trance state. “No,” I answered. “Just like we have fitting rooms for clothing we also have a private room for inspection of some products.”“I think we’ll pass on that,” she responded as her boyfriend still remained motionless.“Sorry if I sound to be intruding on your privacy here but I get the impression that you are both new to this?”They both returned shy smiles.“If you have any questions or want some private advice then all our staff are product trained including me.”She eyed me closely and glanced at her. Then I carried the coffee from the microwave to the table that looked through the glass in the back door and down the driveway. I sat at that table and just zoned out. Getting myself ready for the ride, that would have me start the day physically tired.There was nothing moving as 6AM when I went down to remove the cover from my two wheeler. I removed the locking chain, checked the tires, then headed out. I rode the bike around the empty city streets then out to the plaza. I had decided to go. "Did you come with the police?" Charlie asked as I stood up and started looking for something to cut the zip tie."No. The police would have taken at least 'till tomorrow to get to you, if then. I didn't want to leave you, and especially Sandy, in their hands that long."I found a small knife sitting off to the side on a table with a few other tools. There was a random assortment of things in the basement, including a bunch of zip ties, so I assumed this is where they normally held people they.