. "Now Mr. and Mrs. Colegate before your daughter disappeared... I really hate to bring it up, are you two having... problems?"They both look at the p...liceman, Officer Toody, then to each other, then back to him "Come again?"He sighs then asks again," Have you two been arguing a lot lately?" Well... yeah, but I don't know what that has to do about..."he starts... "Mr. Colegate a child's psyche is very fragile, she may feel threatened by the circumstances at home." But we try to reassure her. Flies buzzin’ against the glass, the tick of an old grandfather clock. “Ya wanna talk about it?”“I just… I dunno. I just want somebody, ya know? Some guys just want a root but I want somebody to come home to.”“Ya friend?”“My flatmate.” I poured all the scorn I could into the word. “He likes fuckin’ me. But he doesn’t love me. I don’ want that. I want to be…”“Yeah,” he said quietly, his eyes on me. “Yeah.”I realised too late that I’d let him know I was havin’ sex with a bloke. Maybe it was the. We can't have you going to Earth in that uniform. Ensign, if you will do the honors." You're out of uniform Sergeant. The paperwork I have here says you should be wearing these." Clark smiled as he handed Miller sleeve patches with sergeant's chevrons. "Congratulations for surviving long enough to get these. From what I've read of your record they should have been awarded some time ago, posthumously." I've been away on business, sir." Miller smiled as she accepted the patches."You have indeed,. I parked the car at the agreed location and after wiping away all traces of my presence I left it for him. After getting back to my own car I circled back and verified that the car was indeed gone.Satisfied that everything was now set I returned to the warehouse. My victim was just as I left it. Bound, blind, deaf, naked and oh so vulnerable. Oh this will be fun indeed. The LockSilence. Well almost anyway. I awaken to find myself lying on my back with my arms raised above my head. I am.