Obviously. It had been bound to happen. How could it not? And if she resisted, then they'd take her baby and give her to foster parents, and those fos...er parents would raise her and they'd train her to become a torture girl."I don't want to stay here," Cecily mumbled, struggling for breath. She could smell the overpowering stench of tar. "I want to go home." What was that, Cecily? Can you repeat it please? I didn't hear you?"The two captors compelled Cecily to walk. They guided her across the. " She put extra emphasis on the word"serene" and squinted her eyes, as if that should have some meaning.Robert squinted his eyes back. What on earth was she trying to get at?"I wouldn't say serene... I admit though, looking back that is, that I amsurprised at how I kept my cool." He leaned against the wall. Thisconversation had gotten a lot heavier than he anticipated. Why was hetelling this to complete strangers? Sure he knew Mallory was Eli's oldersister and that probably meant she was. One minute he’d had her laughing and now she found herself unable to look away from him, drawn in by the tenderness in his grey eyes. He cupped the back of her neck and urged her closer, pulling her in until her mouth levelled with his. Lauren clasped his shoulders and drank in every detail, thankful they’d reached the point now where she could look as much as she wanted and no longer had to satisfy herself with stolen glances. Josh gave her a slight smile then touched his mouth to hers. He. I'm hoping you're calling to tell me you're on your way home." The news on that front isn't good, but first, did you manage to work things out with your Mistress?"Nina drew in a sharp breath at Scott's question. She knew she had to tell him the truth, but she also suspected that he would require something more from her. Every time she told him about an encounter with Gretchen, he had wanted her on her knees, naked. She quickly doffed her towel, and reached over to put the phone on speaker..