Directly beneath him, a small fire burned. It had already singed away most of the young man's hair. Screams of agony filled the cement space and rever...erated in the unbaffled area, as his head was cooked-very slowly.Their captors hadn't spoken a word to them since they'd taken them off the street in Ft. Worth.Mom-Dory-looked on from the shadows for a few moments, then slowly entered the pool of light around them."These are the Hammers?" she asked."That's them."She turned to the older one, by. “I don’t think so.”“Come on Mrs. Thompson, I have always wanted to see you naked.”I had to pause. This boy had always wanted to see me naked? Then I get an elbow from the old lady I was sitting beside.“Go on, oblige the boy give him a picture.”I glanced at the old lady then at Ryan. Some part of me made me stand up to give Ryan a full front shot of me.“Wow, thanks Mrs. Thompson, you are the best. Wait until the boys see this.”I sat back down completely embarrassed, knowing Ryan was going to. On clear evenings, we often took a long stroll around the neighborhood to cool down after our intense workouts. One night while we were trekking across a nearby field, to my surprise, Tyler grasped my palm inside of his own. As momentarily stunned as I was, I quickly grew comfortable with our shared intimacy. Feelings of true love were bubbling up inside me I'm not sure I had ever experienced before. We silently walked hand in hand for a while until we reached the row of houses once more. Tyler. I turned back to her and waited for a moment, wanting to be sure she was done. “I can only ask, Matsuko.”Silently, I reached out to Itsuki Ieyasu and was gratified to hear that he was available and willing to speak.‘Hank, I half expected to hear from you. Sir David contacted me, said he got a message from an Emily Lafontaine? Told him that you would need my help, and it was important that I give you what you needed. So, what is it you need?’I explained the situation and it turned out he knew of.