The same procedure happened with my ankles. Then a leather strap was run through the hollow bar and each end came to meet around my waist area. The st...ap was tightly buckled into place and I was told in no uncertain terms that I would be in the stockade for a considerable time and to now put my neck into the last semi-circular steel cuff. Suddenly I hesitated and wondered if I should be going through with this. My hesitation clearly annoyed him and he picked up a cane that I had not seen and. You're a great kisser, though."I almost blacked out from the rush as my memories and knowledge camerushing back to me. I was Michael again. At the same time, I rememberedLindsey's life. On top of the vodka and the sheer insanity of thesituation, I was reeling. Finally, mercifully, I did pass out."Miss. Miss? Are you okay?"I opened my eyes and saw the waitress who'd waited on Howard and I bentover me, her face a mask of concern, and some irritation. Why was shecalling me "miss"? I looked around,. Well to our luck it rained all day and i was really getting bored as the adults sat around talking and drinking mix drinks and Mary our friends daughter was only 9 and she was playing dolls. A little later we went to eat and it was still raining so when we got back to the condo it was about 9 pm and i went to bed while mom and her friends stayed up drinking and laughing. It was about 2 am and I heard mom come in to go to bed, as she fumbled around getting out her night shirt then she went to. Do you mind if we call you back tonight after ten?”“Ten is fine.”“We’ll speak then,” she said, quickly ending the call.I looked at the old clock on the wall. Ten was still several hours away. I needed something to do, something to distract me. I didn’t want to be sitting here waiting for the phone call, counting down the slow, unmoving minutes until it got to ten pm. I was at risk of sending myself crazy with anticipation. I needed a distraction.When an idea came to mind, I almost leapt across.