He stared at Becca and continued to stare as Marie led her to a seat.Howard raced his rented car toward Paris. He had gambled all night at a small cas...no in Monaco that a guy in the Paris office had told him about. His friend had told him that this casino was easy. They were trying to build a reputation and the payouts were larger than any of the other casinos in Monaco. Credit was also easy there. What Howard's "friend" had not told him was that the casino was owned by Carl Detroit and that. When the cousins weren't around, she would bad mouth them because of their hygiene or how slutty they were; how they were both useless welfare cases but when she was with them I think they made her feel superior; they fed her ego.I picked up six of the eleven tins that Dr. Cole had made; they were actually in some collector tins that her son collected to make them look more authentic while easily distinguishable from lip balm sold in similar type tins; her son was none too happy about her. I’m just glad he hasn’t tried to do anything to you or make you do anything lately.”“Me too. But I’m only living there for another week, so I won’t have to worry about it for too much longer.”I smiled and held her hand tighter.We pulled up in front of her house and we walked in. As we shut the door behind us, Kayla turned and wrapped her arms around me. “I love you,” she said.“And I love you.” We leaned in and began to kiss passionately. This was the time to show each other how much we loved. " "Why wouldI be mad?" "Promise." I looked at hersmile, and the anxiety in her eyes, and could not resist. "Ipromise." She steppedback and smiled down at me. I started to reach for her and found that she hadsecured my arms to the chair. Looking down I saw two Velcro straps around mywrists. When I looked up, I could see the fear in her eyes, and the shy smileon her lips. I smiled. ?I guess youhave a captive audience then, what now my sweet?? She smiled atme and skipped over to the stereo. A.