"We left them there and went into the living room and sat down. Mom went into my room to check on Janice. She came back out looking troubled. "You nee... to hear her story after I tell you what I know."She began, "I was reading in here when both Ed's came busting in from the kitchen. I didn't hear them drive up. They had their guns drawn. Janice was asleep in the guest room. They tied and gagged me. Ed went out and came back a few moments later. I could hear his truck this time. He came into the. Secondly, he had Ye’abesha gomen - fragrant collard greens cooked in spiced butter and flavored with cardamom, fenugreek, and nigella seeds. The third stew was kik alicha made of yellow split peas. And lastly, mesir wat - a red lentils with a paste-like consistency. He heated the food.He made timatim in front of his hostess who was in awe of his knife skills. It was a delightful tomato salad with jalapeno and red onions in a red wine vinaigrette. After that was finished. He prepared the injera,. I began to masturbate after Barb left my apartment.... which meant that I was getting bored with her and in all likelihood, she was getting bored with me. Barb even stopped spending the night and she left earlier and earlier in the evenings. I found myself masturbating about hooking up with her daughter Allie. Allie had clearly known about her mother and I for a while now. She never really spoke to me in passing or when I occasionally ate a meal in their apartment. I could tell Allie didn't. That done he handed her a plain cardboard box, obviously fairly heavy, and still not having said a word before getting in and driving the van away as they returned to the flat. He had her toilet herself but told her not to urinate, which she did, he had her put on mascara, saying he loved make up, before attaching her to the crucifix once more then undoing the mysterious box, which proved to contain a Tens machine, one of the big ones with a dozen outlets. Apparently, he was an expert with this.