When Melinda pulled back, Becky leaned forward and took the lead in the conversation. "Alex, you know that's a bad idea," Becky warned, taking over Ca...e's usual watchdog position while Cate herself remained fairly passive in her own response. "There are too many people who respond negatively to you for you to just wander off on your own. There's no telling when someone will react like Tony or Brandon, and if you're out on your own, you may not be able to fend them off on your own." Honestly,. Paul Warren wasn't happy. It had been coast-to-coast post-season travel requirements that he had blamed, in large part, for the Orioles' World Series loss to the Cardinals. The way Paul saw it, the American League Championship Series, played that year against the Angels, had worn his club out. (That had been, so far, the only World Series in Paul Warren's history, either as manager or player.)Now Paul worried about being caught up in another orgy of coast-to-coast October plane rides, in order. The porno tape was playing. On the screen a blonde girl was on her knees in front of a black guy and she was giving him a blow job. Butch stripped off his sweat shirt. He was about 5', 10"; 190 lbs, and all muscles. He had tattoos all over. He went over and flopped on the bed, still rubbing his groin. "Oooh, FUCK!" he said. He looked at me. Turn around, girl, lemme look at you."I did like he said and he whistled again. "Girl you got some pretty legs on you – just like yo momma. He reached over. "Grab the stupid looking one," he said. "We'll put them in the back with the others. But lock the fucking door first, this time."The other man slid past Liz and her captor to shut the front door of the diner and then came back for Julia. He pulled her to her feet and the two girls were pushed forward towards the door that led through to the kitchens.As soon as they got there it was clear that the men had more on their minds than robbery. On the floor of the kitchen, three of the diner's.