"Val knew what that would mean, all too well."Okay," she conceded, "looks like I have no choice, if you put it that way."They laid her on the bed, leg... pulled as wide apart as possible, and fastened her ankles in place at the sides of the bed. For her wrists, cords from the bathroom blinds sufficed to tie the wrists to the top corners of the bed."Where are your toys?" asked Vic, "I assume you have some." What toys?" Val prevaricated, "why would I have toys?" Because girls your age always have. It seemed like a long time passed until it stopped running, but by then there was not a square inch of her body that was not wet. Being pitch black inside, she was not able to tell exactly what it was but it felt nice, not hot, not cold, not anything bad. Quickly she began to feel heat, the temperature was climbing, she was sweating profusely, and feeling like she was being roasted. She imagined that the heat must have reached about 150 degrees.Then suddenly, the temperature leveled off and. I diverted attention for about a minute as one of the guys came over the blondes face, but in that time I sorted it out.All I had to do was mention Kim’s business, and I was in.“I’ve been working with McCaul’s Events to get a few things happening and you know how it goes, they mentioned one thing after another and one of the girls said this was a good place to make a few interesting contacts,” I paused for effect. “For some reason.”“Ahh,” he chuckled to himself. “I reckon I know exactly who she. Eden, my life, Carlos, what you like. If you're worried," she'd added perceptively, "I promise not to walk off and leave you high and dry." She and her husband had developed rather a reputation for abrupt departures from holo interviews which didn't meet their exacting standards in a much earlier time. "And I promise not to embarrass you, either." Dr. Meiersdottir, I'm ... overwhelmed," Tomlinson had said. "This will be your first appearance in, well, forever. May I ask why now? And why me?".