Stephanie's hops were small but she was gaining confidence in her ability to move while bound; Jeff could see that. He didn't worry too much about her...tripping.Jeff eased her down onto the toilet and undid her leg straps so she could do her business while he got stuff together for her shower. Like with Michelle, he had laid out several coils of nylon rope to bind his stepsister with as well as a ring gag to replace the ballgag she was currently wearing.After flushing the bidet, Jeff eased his. You have no goddamn choice. I can't hang around here. What time do you finish tea?" Six thirty, maybe a bit later." OK, tell the children at six forty-five. Have them change their clothes, put on socks and shoes, and tell the boys to leave first. Then the girls, then you, in ten minute intervals. I'll be here. If you don't show by eight o'clock, then I'll leave and you'll have to look after yourselves. Got it?"She watched him slink silently back into the undergrowth, disappearing from sight. Scott here."Just then the phone rang. It was for me. I said, "Excuse me Gunny, butI am needed at battalion HQ. It is one of those jobs again."Gunny Highway told me, "To get in and out with no fucking about. Whenyou get back, we will talk about it over some Jim Bean."I was gone for two weeks. What I did then you may never know.When I got back, the platoon had passed with honors. Sue despitegetting high marks was put on weekend fire watch for two months at thegraveyard shift. Sgt. Merwin was a. .”“Kring?” Dylan asked. “Never heard of him.”“Jake is QB3 for the Chiefs,” I answered. “He played college ball for Syracuse. The eighth guy is the guy I came in with tonight.”“The Bengals cornerback?” Marcus said. “I thought he was from Texas.”“Mike is,” I agreed. “He played high school football in Paradise for three seasons. His dad works for the New Holland farm equipment manufacturer. The family moved up north when Mike was in tenth grade. He and I served as team co-captains.