“You were by far the best person in that family and the closest thing I had to a friend by then. But we started off talking about retribution and yo...r conflicted feelings about what Red is going through.“If we were back on Earth and my plans had worked, both your father and mother would both have been sent to prison for a long time. They deserve punishment and they need to become better people. Would you agree?”“Yes Chris. I do. It’s still upsetting to see Mam ... Red, like that.”“I understand. When she did so I hugged her back, and to my surprise she kissed me! My face instantly turned red as I felt her lips make contact with mine. She answered my question without saying a thing, she defiantly missed me.As she pulled away I tried to hide that fact I was beet red by talking, "So to the room then?" She nodded and picked up one of her bags off the floor, I grabbed the rest and headed towards the elevator again.Once in the elevator I started the conversation, "Up in my room theses only. .."... "Chang wants them now..."... " ... catch the tide..."... "Limehouse Pier..." she related.In one sense, to my annoyance, Mace and Mbute had considerable assistance from me. The girls had been quite helpless; strapped, hooded, gagged and caged so that they could be left while Harwell and I were visiting Sir Bristow. If they had not been secured so, I am sure that Horatia and the girls would, together, have resisted the intruders. However, that was not the case. Horatia alone had been. A never ending circle had started and my buttocks were nowscreaming for mercy. But of course, none was given.When I finally finished the sorting out the dirty washing pile one ofthe ladies imprisoned my thumbs with the thumb cuffs again and startedleading me out of the kitchen by the leash. "Good job my dear, youobviously enjoyed the feel of our dirty under garments but time isgetting on. We must secure you for the night as we have guests comingover for dinner. We can't have them discovering.