We agreed that no one else could ever see those pictures.Brad and I became very close - as much as that is possible via the Internet. When he suggeste... that I come to New York for a weekend, however, I panicked. At first I felt that there was absolutely no way for me to do that. But Brad persisted, and gradually overcame all my objections. First, he agreed to pay for all my expenses - my airline ticket, my hotel room in New York, and even some clothes for me to wear while in New York. Yes, he. I doubt he had any complaints. Aside from being built like the proverbial brick shit house, she had a pretty face and big brown eyes too.While Silas and I tossed down a couple of shots of his better than I'd expected whiskey, I managed to casually mention that I didn't know exactly what year it was. He proudly got out his calendar and showed me it was 1847 and that today was June tenth. Now I knew when I was and along with knowing where I was I decided that my trip to Lancaster Texas had been. She didn't know who they were, which of our friends would want to see her die."Any women?" One man is bringing a date, another his wife. I've got to go greet them. Don't go away," I managed to joke."I love you!" she suddenly called, almost desperately, and I went back to her, stroked her tenderly."I love you, too." I felt a pang, because I knew, unless she changed her mind, those would be the last words I heard from her. We'd agreed, all she needed to do after this moment was speak a word, any. Nicky swirled the glass for a moment then lifted it to his lips. A slight grimace crossed his face but it was gone as quickly as it had come and he nodded at Dom. "We have to thank you, Dom. I'm not sure what's going on or why that son of a bitch had me captured but I think it had something to do with that damned orange drug he gave me." Are you feeling any different, Nick?" Different?" Besides being a bit creeped out, no. I keep waiting for something to happen..." Such as?" I don't know ....