She nearly jumped out of her chair when the phone rang as soon as her boss left her office. She sat staring at the phone. She finally picked it up on...the 5th ring. ‘Uuummm, Hello, this is Suzy.’ she stammered nervously. ‘Hey Suzy, this is Lisa. My goodness girl, you are hard to reach. I’ve been trying to get you for the last couple of days. Is everything alright?’ Suzy breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her best friend’s voice on the other end of the line. ‘Everything’s good Lisa.. She felt cold steel. Sushmita tried to move her arms and heard the metal links clink behind her. She was helpless. Sushmita was helpless and afraid.The two hands grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around. She was pushed back against the kitchen counter. An involuntary “Hey!” escaped her lips. One of the hands clamped down over her mouth.”Shut up. Whores don’t talk.” The other hand clamped down on her right breast and squeezed hard. She winced. “You gonna talk again?”Sushmita shook her. He called for me to come out as well."Well well." He said, with a big smile. "I haven't seen you aroundbefore, and I'd remember you." Hayley was looking very nervous now.I tried the story Hayley had come up with."Rubbish. I know every girl in the school, intimately. And I've not seenyou before. Come with me."I followed him back into his office which was just off the boys changingroom. Hayley was stood behind me, looking very worried. "Now, you'vealready lied to me once. Tell me the. I looked back and the man smiled, “Sidhe. All sidhe have clans.”I shrugged, “In my country they are called Travelers, but I have never been part of their clan.”He just looked at me, ignoring the women that moved around the fire. I sighed, “I was a master in the Quirrin clan.”He jerked as if I had just hit him and the women stopped what they were doing. I smiled, “I see you know what my clan was.”He gestured and the women went back to work, “You said was.”I shrugged, “I did not wish to kill for.