“I think she needs to lie down,” Monica replied indulgently.“I’ve never seen her like this before,” Will said in a whisper. “What in God�...s name did they put in those drinks they gave her?”The same question occurred to me but I couldn’t voice it.“The guys are waiting for me in the bar,” he told me quietly. “They’re the last votes I need so I can’t keep them on ice too long.”“You go,” I insisted. “I’ll be okay.”“Let’s get you to bed,” he grinned. “It makes a nice change, me being the sober one.”. “Cynthia,dear.” He waited for his wife to look up at him.“Shall I stop at ten?” She shook her head; hers was analmost cruel smile.And then came the eleventh slap. And the twelfth. Karlplaced his hand on the back of her head and massagedher scalp again. “Do you think I’m enjoying this?” heasked her.“Yes.”“How can you tell?”I could barely hear her, but hear her I did: “You’rehard.”“What’s. She replied that she was going to Europe, as far away from Randal as she could get. After all the evil she had done, Jake still felt sorry for her as she sat there crying. He took her hands in his and held them.“Jake, why don’t you come with me? I have plenty of money and I always feel safe with you,” she said.Jake told her that as good as the offer was he had to decline it. Nevertheless, he promised that he would be there for her if she really needed him. He drove her back to her car and made. ”“How did you find out? Did she tell you?” she asked, turning to me with sudden concern.“No, it was just a bit too convenient. A few days after Jennifer basically ended our relationship, you surprised me with plans to visit that we hadn’t even discussed. I was suspicious, so I confronted my little sister and she confessed.”“Well, was what she said true? Were you going to pick one of them and make a commitment to them? And think about marrying one of them?”“There was a good chance of that, yes..