On the way to the dance, Joe stopped at one more house to pick up another friend. As the tall young man got to the car, Joe asked Ellen to slide over ...nd let Bill sit in front with them. It was cramped, but it gave Ellen a chance to snuggle closer to Jim.It was just getting dark and Ellen realized that the car was headed the wrong direction for the school. She asked Jim where they were going and Joe told her they needed to pick up someone else. Ellen started to feel uneasy as they started to. What?Look at him.No, please, don’t make me—LOOK AT HIM.Laurie looked. A black man—so dark she almost couldn’t see him in the alley. Strong. Short hair. Powerful. And she could see his eyes. They were red. And angry. And . . . scared?He wants you.. . . .He needs you.. . . .He cannot help himself. But I—STOP. LISTEN.Laurie listened. She had to listen. VR-Laurie was making her listen.You have overwhelmed him. Taken away his will. Destroyed all his defenses. He is helpless before you.. . . ?Think. It was late in the afternoon before any cars left the estate, and there were three that left together. I couldn't help laughing when the last car stopped long enough for a man to jump out and put a chain and padlock on the gate. Had they forgotten the gaping hole in the fence?A quick conference call on the cellphones had each of our vehicles tailing one of their cars. We didn't know who was in which car, so we had to treat them all equally. Dammit, I cursed right then that we had not swapped. The attractive ranch owner Hope was not in the least bit like that and it led him to surmise that perhaps his brother was humping her just to show him that he could. His brother was a persuasive son of a bitch with the ladies when it came to poking. Saul had the ability to talk the drawers right off even the most religious minded married females with a yen for something strange and leave them with a desire to have more of the same if he was so inclined.He had seen it before with his impetuous.