Kurtsmiled and took a gulp of his drink. I can certainly get some greatpictures for The Buyer, Kurt thought. He sent out a quick reply thatpictures ...ould be coming soon and settled back to think about what to donext.Outside, the winter storm had increased in intensity. Wind whistledthrough openings in the weather-beaten wall boards. Any noise the womenwould have been able to make would certainly have been drowned out by thehowling gale.Chapter Nine - The DiscoveryThe raging storm had piled. "Noel?" Mary gasped."Hi," she said, a little stiffly."I freed you." I felt flustered, unsorted. Seeing Noel dead and bound to me was so unexpected that I didn't know what else to say."I'm not bound to you," Noel answered, then glanced at Chasity. "I didn't want to be apart from my loved ones." What?" I asked, glancing at Mary. "You seemed pretty set against us." Not you," Noel answered frostily."It's Chasity," Mary explained, rolling her eyes. "Didn't you see them together those last few days. When she stood up she was facing me and oh fuck she had a blush so thick behind that bikini I could see her pubes through her bikini and a few of them we're sticking out the side and I was like holy fuck man are you serious?We made our way into the house and have a Cherry Coke when she said to me okay I'm going up to take a shower come on up.I was a little confused may be naive of why she wanted me to come up knowing that's all that was upstairs we're bedrooms but I followed her up like she. I wasn’t sure where the sadness came from, but the feeling was overwhelming and I started to weep softly. It may have been the sounds I was making or the movement of the bed but something woke Trish and she was instantly in my arms, stroking my back — and crying along with me.We discussed it and neither of us could figure out where the sadness came from, but it took the best part of an hour before we’d worked through it. By then we were both to the hiccuping stage, so we waited a while longer.