Sometime later - I had no idea how long - I surfaced from unconsciousness.As the fog slowly cleared from my brain, recollection flooded in. Iremembere... where I was and what had been done to me. I let out aninarticulate shriek and leapt off the bed. Or rather I tried to do thosethings, but failed. My mouth was covered by some sort of tape, so that allthat issued from it was a muffled moan. And my right hand was shackled tothe frame of the bed by a handcuff.Looking around, I saw that all the beds. I’m not on call so we’re pretty much free. You mentioned driving to the mountains, which would be fun. I could pack us a picnic lunch. I’m sure we could find a nice secluded spot along one of the streams.’ ‘That sounds romantic. Let’s do it.’ She smiled and responded, ‘Let’s jump in the shower and get this day going!’ We walked to the bathroom. After the water was warm, we stripped and moved together under the water. I wrapped my arms around her. ‘You are the most amazing young lady. I just. My mother flew out to Chicago from New York to take care of me. After fussing over me and promising me a week of care and cooking, she left saying that while she would stay in a hotel near my apartment. In the meanwhile she would shop and get my place ready for me to convalescence.She got my keys when she came to the hospital visiting straight from the airport. She knew where I lived from a trip my folks had made earlier in the fall. Of course, my protest did no good and off she went to see. “Reading anything interesting?” She brushes her hair behind her ears and I notice an expensive looking ring on her right pinky.“Not really.” I put my iPod back in my pocket. “Nice ring,” I say pointing “is it silver?”“Platinum actually, my dad got it for me.”“Platinum,” I say a bit shocked. Jokingly I asked, “Is your dad a millionaire or something?”“No, he’s just lawyer.”“Really.”“Yeah, really.”“What’s that like?”“He’s gone a lot, always has been. A few years ago he helped put away this rapist,.