Is there any place you can think of that we could call?" I don't know. Maybe we should call the police." Oh, Honey. And what? Tell them that you're wo...ried because he didn't show up for your brother's barbecue and they aren't home? Even if there's a legitimate reason to believe someone is missing, they won't do anything for a day or two. If the house was broken into or there was some sign of a struggle it would be different. But Wanda told you it looks like they just went out. Jill, does. I staggered back on my heels, dazed, he's slapped me and that wasn't a playful slap....."fuck Andr..." I said but he slapped me again, harder, this time knocking me realing i fell backward against the wall.He grabbed me by the throat, forcing me against the wall, "Are you ready for this you fucking slut?" he said....spraying spit in my face as he said it. I was scared....this was all too real, and i knew he was too strong for me.He grabbed me by my long dark hair, a forced me to me knees, " ow!. Anyone and anything who took a direct route to get in for the last three years has failed- though something has been keeping most everything clean anyway.Somewhere, in a room tucked away with a door not only locked but hermetically sealed, something turns on with an audible click. The room itself is littered with little piles of dust with a larger pile in a pedestal in a corner. In the center of the room was a glass tube with machinery at where it meets the floor. Inside the glass, a nude man. He smiles a thin lipped smile. "Its good to see you back at the club, Miss Tavistock. And you have brought a friend as well, I see." A colleague, really. We spend a lot of time on the road together, and we've been playing chess to kill the time. He's pretty good, actually." Indeed." says Edmond. "You will need to be. As you are a first timer, let me explain the rules to you. All new members must play on their first night. Members only play against those of the opposite sex. The game is speed.