" I lied, "How many girls do I need to check ?" Twenty-five." She replied, "All between the ages of sixteen to eighteen." How will we do this?" I aske...."You can use this office I will send the girls in one at a time." She said, handing me a piece of paper with the numbers 1 - 25 written down the page. "You will put a check if they are a virgin or put an 'x' next to their number if they are not." "You will not be in here with me as I examine the girls ?" I asked."Certainly not !" she. ." Although I should have told Tom about the warehouse, but the moment I started to do so, I imagined the place swarming with cops, all cats and dogs being taken to shelters which would lead them to their deaths. And it would be my fault. I shifted gears immediately. "I guess we can go home now." Why did I feel disappointed at the thought of not being near the man any longer? He stepped to me, wrapping his arms around my waist as he did."I am glad I met you, Julia. I'd like to see you again.". “What are you going to do for a week in Freeport?” Cinnamon asked.“My cousin, my dad's niece, lives there with her children. She's about 12 years older than I am. Her children are pretty much grown up,” I replied. “When I told my father we were going to have our honeymoon in the Bahamas, he suggested we visit her. Debby, my fiancee, thought it would be good to visit more than one island.”I started to choke up when the memory of Debby came back. Cinnamon looked sympathetically at me.“What made. "Um, good I think," Mary replied seeing the hurt in her husband'sexpression. "Maybe you lost a little weight? And your hair, looks alittle shaggy."His hand reaching to feel his hair he said, "Really, that's weird. Justhad it cut. No biggie, better that it is growing out and not fallingout." He chuckled and continued to get dressed for his day.Gary worked for an old friend of his. Chad was always a ladies man.Always had the confidence and good looks to approach any woman he wanted.Gary was.