“You ever heard of civil forfeiture?”“Oh, shit!” mumbled Grandpa.“I forgot about that,” tossed in my uncle.“No, what’s that?”“When...the Feds declared a war on drugs, they wanted a way to seize the assets of drug lords. You know, not just arrest the drug lord, but take away everything he bought with his drug money. Confiscate the boats and sports cars and fancy houses, all that stuff.”I nodded and shrugged. “I’m following you.”“Well, these programs raked in a lot of cash, a lot! It got to the. “Come over. Let’s talk.”I made my way to Bella’s house. I knocked on her door and waited for her to reply.“Come in, Noel! It’s open.”I made my way in and sat on the couch. I look around and I saw that she was still in her tracksuit. I sat there in silence and then the floodgates were open.“She’s cheating on me,” I said sobbing.“What? Kate is cheating on you?”“Yes. I saw her being fucked by some asshole.”I narrated her the entire incident. She listened to my entire story; how I first saw her. She heard him turn the shower on, and prayed he would soon release her. Moments later, she felt his hands go around her waist. He undid her leash, and helped her to stand. Carefully, he took her into the bathroom and got into the shower with her. He gently soaped her body and took a soft cloth to clean her. She was so tired, it was all so could do to stand. When he was sure she was completely rinsed, he turned off the water and wrapped her in a large towel. She was dazed as he guided her back. " He pulled a silver object about the size of a ballpoint pen from his pocket. He touched a stud on its side and a beam of red light about one-quarter inch long appeared at the end of it. He reached forward and with the beam, he sliced through retaining straps of the holster and scabbard. They clattered to the floor. The beam of red light had also cut into the skin of Kathy's thighs tough not deep. She sucked in her breath sharply at the pain from the cuts.He turned to Suzie and tore her dress.