Agile and grinning bands of monkeys skipped about in the trees, nor were tigers wanting in the jungles.It was here that I spied a small abandoned buil...ing and bade the driver stop the carriage. I helped Aouda dismount and told the driver to return in an hour's time as we wanted to take a walk in the beautiful countryside.Aouda said nothing during this period, but smiled wickedly at me when she was positive the driver was not looking at her. As the carriage rode off, we walked, I holding her. I won't bore you with the details, but suffice it to say that asone of her visitors was leaving, I barged into her house, rantingand raving - the proto-typical outraged male. One reason I won'tbore you with such details is that I don't remember many of them. I pray each night that I did not threaten or try to harm Kyra,but I do know that she felt threatened. She retaliatedphysically. Not expecting it from her, I did not guard againstit. She dropped me with one, well placed kick to the. I pressed on the button that would take us back to Greer’s office, and waited impatiently.“Will you just stop being so stubborn for two minutes, and actually hear me out?”I leaned back against the cold steel, and met his eyes.“You’re not going to change my mind about this.”“I know.”“Then what’s there to talk about?”He was about to say something, when suddenly the elevator stopped with a jolt, and the power went out. Oh god, I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. I'm. I twisted and turned and pulled and tried to yell out for him to let me up, tears were streaming down my face. Geoff must have called George because the phone was put to my ear I tried to scream but couldn’t. George said lay perfectly still Anna, are you still, Geoff said she is. George said Anna if you really want to stop you can shake your head side to side and the game stops, but if you want to see how far you’ll go and what awaits you, you’ll nod yes. He said I’d never do anything to hurt.