The floor joists for the shop above were massive hand-honed six-by-eight timbers; no wonder the floor had seemed solid. All in all the building would ...uit our needs just fine.The real estate agent told us that the building had just come on to the market and that at $250,000 was priced to sell quickly. He suggested that we offer the asking price and push for a fast closing. I pulled out my hand held calculator and after several minutes of calculations figured that with 10% down and over thirty. This would eliminate any interest by law enforcement should anything happen, such as an accident. Jill’s cell phone buzzed. She was getting a text message. It read: “Bought limo company in Vegas as you suggested. Bob’s brother was happy to unload it for about 8 cents on the dollar. They have 63 limos in the inventory. Talk next week. Mel” Jill handed me the cell phone, smiling her beautiful smile. After reading it, I handed the phone to Dakota and Tina. They were both smiling.As our entrees. He let go of the girl and retreated before wheeling round and walking off rapidly.“Fucking bitches!” was his parting comment.Lizzie ignored him as she was more concerned about the girl who had all but collapsed, sliding down the wall to sit on her haunches. Lizzie dropped to her knees next to the girl and placed a hand on her shoulder.“Are you okay?” she asked, in as soft a voice as she could manage.The girl looked up and, at first, seemed startled that her rescuer was a woman and then visibly. The other young man listened in shock, appearing terrified. "They do some kind of magic that paralyzes you as they move their mouth, and you actually want them to take your life." These two young men, no older than 18, had been brought up in a pseudo-religious community that placed the highest value on a man's sperm (and a woman's egg). Indeed, the living sperm within a male of the community was considered his "life", his reason for living. He was taught that he was simply a vessel for this.