She felt absurdly guilty and knew she should apologise. She didn't, though. “I'm fine! Why would you even think that?”“Oh I don't know, maybe be...ause my daughter is wandering around in the dead of night dressed like a…”“Like a what?”“Like a WHORE!”She raised her hand to slap him, angry as he was now, but he caught her arm easily.“Let… let me go.”“You think this is all a big joke, don't you Daniela? You think you can go around and do anything you want and nothing bad will happen.” He was very. “I mean, it’s not a fortune, but sign me up.”“Thousand, Ariel. Thirty-two thousand.” Ariel’s jaw dropped. Cindy’s, too. Jazzie just smirked. Her dad was filthy rich so the money meant less. Bell added harshly, “It shocked me. too. But for that money I let a man fuck me any way he wanted, Ariel. Would you ‘sign up’ for that?”“Well,” Ariel blushed but she couldn’t suppress a grin. “For that kind of money? Probably? Yeah.”“That wasn’t all of it, Ariel,” continued Bell. “The morning after I popped. .. I mean I..." Jody stammered, then became very quiet.Parking the car, Cynthia removed her prisoner and led her through the parking lot and into the station house. Immediately they were immersed in a sea of dark and light blue uniforms. The Lieutenant acknowledged the greeting of the desk sergeant with a wave of her hand. Her first order of business was to check in her firearm. Weapons weren't allowed in the booking area. With a firm grip on the younger woman's shoulder, Cynthia guided her. Willow grabbed the pants leg and cut it into strips. She tried to tie the strips in several places to hold the sticks in place, but they kept slipping.She flinched when Brain knelt down opposite her and held the sticks in place for her. She nodded at him and adjusted them slightly and then strapped them in place. She soon had the leg immobilised to her satisfaction. She looked up into the face of the big man and realised he was a simpleton.Brain gave her his best, lopsided grin, “Brain do good..