?Let me start off by telling you that you have brought in more money for us than any girl, in fact, a group of girls altogether. You have still manage... to turn heads and be the source of hard-ons in a room. It is your spirit as well as your beauty,? he starts to say. ?What are you talking about? My spirit? My spirit left me when Ivan left me on the floor of the Blood Room. My beauty? He beat that out of me,? Natalia replies. ?Honey, you are still very beautiful. As for your spirit? ok, maybe I. I hadn’t seen Hailey in over three years and the last time we saw each other she was still a little underdeveloped she hadn’t reached her full potential as it were. The first thing that came to my mind was “damn milk did her body good.” She stood only five foot tall and maybe 110 pounds and a nice 34-c cup that I came to find out later and an ass to die for. She still had that fresh teenage baby face with hazel eyes and nice brunette hair that went down to the middle of her back. It was a. Every last bloody detail of it." The last part was spokenwith a contained anger and meanness which was threatening."I'm sorry"...my small, shaky, delicate, high pitched voice echoed in myhead as I felt my lips move."That's better pretty little girl." The voice got more calm now, butsettled into an extreme confidence that defied any hint of a need forquestion."You actually thought you could run? That you'd know what to do, whereto go, how to get away from me?" There was a cold quiet anger. Sam stared at his reflection, his young, female face staring back athim. His flawless skin still glowed from the heat of the bath. Therewere a few brushes and cosmetics left on the vanity, presumably leftbehind by Gabriella's daughter. Sam took the opportunity to brush hisdamp hair backwards, tying it with a length of pink ribbon that hefound in a sewing box in one of the drawers. Now that he didn't haveMaria Ramirez watching over him, Sam could afford to relax his effortsa little.Sam.