"I'll tell you all that tonight," she said."Why not now?" Because it is light, and you can see me, and I don't want you to be able to see me when I sp...ak of these things."I sensed the tension in her. It made me curious. She was very businesslike when she needed to be, but she was also carefree and smiling at times. I had never sensed any darkness in her past, but it sounded like there was something there."Fair enough," I said."What are the next steps in this investigation?" she asked.I was. Why don’t you tell me what happened. Come on get it out in the open. I want to help you.’ She looked at me with her big brown eyes, full of sadness. ‘Oh Lena, he hurt me so much. I keep thinking about what he did but I still want him. I miss him but I hate him, doesn’t that sound ridiculous?’ ‘Not really,’ I said, ‘I’m have feelings that are confused – especially about Mike. I think it might be part of how we think. I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me everything. I’ll open another bottle of. "We're okay up here, its those that live in the valleys that have to worry as they get the run-off from this plateau." That was a little rain storm?" The man smiled and nodded, "In the wet season it could last all day." I soon noticed the road below the window that had been awash, was rapidly drying up and after another hour there was little to show of the downpour.Muniba was late coming too. We'd decided she was giving us a miss that day and were at work when she entered the office. For a few. "These next few months are going to be like a slave boot camp for you, Vonda. Either you will come out of this a new woman, or you'll quit." Oh, don't quit!" cried Pyx. "I need your help. You're like a big sister to me."Vonda hugged her half-heartedly. She was too nervous to give Pyx much comfort."From now until training ends, you will be naked and crawling on all fours."Vonda's mouth flopped open. "You're kidding!" she exclaimed."No. You act like a bitch, I treat you like a bitch."And this is.