..-------------------The doorbell rang, and Markus let the pretty girl in skimpy clothingonto the property. He headed to the door while still keeping ... closeeye on Ann on the ground."Hey, you ordered an escort for tonight? I'm Celeste." Please come in." Markus closed the door behind her and pulled thecostume gun out. As Celeste entered the room she stared in surprise atthe tied up Ann before she collapsed onto the ground in the shape of askinsuit."Okay, show me how it works." Markus untied Ann. After all, I think it was ideal place for me to be at the moment. I just couldn’t handle being around people after what happened in recent days. Being betrayed by the only friend and girlfriend who you thought was the ONE is tough by itself but when such people are trying to set you up and kill you.. hell, that’s devastating. You fly to the foreign country to save the most precious people in your life just to find out that you are the prey and suddenly your life turns into a horror movie. Well,. In addition the three factories here belong mostly to us, the original owners are managers but they work for me. There are three banks and we own controlling interest in two of them plus most of the founding shares of the savings and loan. You know we elect whoever we want to for county government and you've meet the state rep and congressman from our district; they are at our house a lot because they know I control the votes in this county. The state police pretty much leave us alone here. ”“Thanks, Liz. Shut the door behind you, please.”She did and Clarissa came to sit next to me on the floor, leaning against the bed. I put the guitar on the bed and my arm around her.“I have something to tell you,” I said.“Why does this sound bad,” she asked warily.“It’s not. I’m ready to take the next step if you are, but I’m pretty sure that that means you would have to break up with Glenda.”“Sometimes I hate my life,” she sighed.“Because if you break up with her and things do turn out the way.