"Charley's eyes were wide and apprehensive. Her heart beat wildly and her heavy breathing made her tits heave into his hands."No!" she gasped again. "...hhhhhh no! Please!"He just laughed at her and opened his door. He pulled her out of the car, keeping his hand on her arm while he opened the trunk and pulled a blanket out.Charlene tried to struggle. She was too young and frightened to get free, though.Ray paused a moment, then he slapped her roughly across the face. Her head reeled from the. They were, however, worried about their families in Matamoros. The Cartel kept an eye on them and threatened to kill them if the men didn’t do a good job on the drilling rig.While my Spanish was passable, Zack’s Spanish was much better than mine was and he quickly calmed them down, promising that we would find a way to get their families back. Several men insisted that we NOT use the Mexican Army troops as too many of them were on the payroll of the Cartels and the Cartel would find out.Back. Damn, she was right. I wanted it bad and she had all the power and control. The ends justify the means, right? I left the cash stuffed envelope on Katie’s desk and left for the day. The next day I was really wondering if I had purchased Katie a new cell phone, or new shoes. I received a text from her, telling me to meet for lunch. I arrived and looked everywhere, but didn’t see her. Grabbing a seat at the bar, I decided to wait. The bartender came up and asked if I was waiting on Katie.. She's the store clerk ... and not all that much older than we girls. Seven is Seven because she was the seventh child of traditional Chinese parents. Some times we call her Chu ... mostly everybody calls her Seven ... she does too. She has great fun answering the phone.We never have bill collectors ... we have Burial Insurance, Life Insurance, Timeshare salesmen, Church Solicitations, Orphanages, Police and Fire Departments, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Blind, halt and lame societies,.