Well, shucks. Do I have to?’ As her terror-cracked mind reminisced about some of the things he said to make her laugh, another part came to life. A... animal part, something within her that was embedded within her soul. It was a part that wanted to live. It wanted to live more than anything else at that moment. How could it live when time paradoxically sped up? The look of glee had barely crossed his face before it seemed like his arms were drawing close to grab her. She knew if those hands. " He began.Alex cleared his throat and walked over to a small suitcase on the desk next to the window."Please just let me explain completely before you give me your answer. I know how ridiculous what I'm about to say will sound, but let me assure you that I am very serious."Alex grabbed a pile of $100 bills from the case and handed them to Dominique. Her eyes widened as she spread the crisp hundreds in her fingers."Whatever your answer, that's $10,000. It's yours just for being here and. "If anything, it made Laura more curious than ever.Laura tried not to stare at Alison. She was very puzzled at finding the girl so fiercely attractive physically. It must be her mouth and her eyes, she thought. Those big limpid brown eyes. That incredible mouth. And maybe those fantastic boobs. But she didn't trust herself even to glance at Alison's body after what Alison had said at the party. I'm one, Laura thought. Here she is thinking everything is okay, but she's locked up in my hotel room. Shuffling the deck of foreign policy with each new president in office, the politicians made a mess of foreign relations and, with no questions asked and no orders not followed, the Seals were ordered to clean up their messes. When he heard on the news that the US Naval Warfare Development Group, DEVGRU, better known as Seal Team Six caught and killed Osama bin Laden in code name Operation Neptune Spear, he knew it was all bullshit. He knew it was just more lies to appease the American people.