“Thanks for the coffee, Gail ... What has you up so early this morning?”“I had a good evening, slept well, and just woke early. I’m making pan...akes and sausages for us to take into the radio room if that suits you.”I smiled. “Sounds good.” She was putting the finishing touches on the plates. I buttered and syruped [Ed. If that’s not a word, it should be.] my pancakes. We prayed a quick blessing and left for the radio carrying our food and coffee.Once inside, I flipped switches to get everything. I wouldn’t feel good about that.”“You talk a lot,” the girl pointed out.“Several people have told me that I should go into either show business or politics,” Ted admitted.“So, what’s the third thing you can do?” Paul asked.“Three, I can let you stay here, at least for a while. You’ll be safe, and if I ever do call the police you can make a run for it then as easy as you can now. At least you’ll have time to make a plan.”Paula and Paul looked at each other. When they looked back at Ted he was. Feeling exhausted I checked the time. It had been twelve hours since the kidnapping so pointless trying to find any media coverage of a missing person yet and as for my slav, she would already be time disoriented as how long she has been here.I looked at the monitor and she was sitting on the bed with a blanket wrapped around herself slowly swaying forward and backwards head down. I started playing with myself watching my acquisition. I had thought of abducting a younger slave, but was now . I saw her standing beside her husband. She was looking right at me. I looked away. I guess she figured that enough time had passed that I had cooled off some; I hadn’t.“This could be awkward,” said Rina, nudging me.“It better not be. I made myself clear enough to the man when he came to visit in February. I wasn’t kidding then and I’m not compromising now. Her insults were so egregious that I no longer want anything to do with the woman, not on any level. Too many bad things happened and.