My wife allowed me to have this small sanctum in return that she got the rest of the house to decorate at her whim -- it was worth it despite the colo... choices she picked for the bedrooms. Next to my gaming PC was a security monitor, where I could check on various rooms of our four-bedroom house in the suburbs, including the living room where the seven women were gabbing. Curious, I turned up the volume to listen in what they were talking about."My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant. "Steve, come look at some numbers. You're going to like what you see, but we have to talk about this a little."Tiny showed me a printout of rows and rows of numbers that looked like Greek to me, but they were for our new Italian plant. He said, "Our productivity is over the top over there. Giuseppe has that place really putting out and is keeping up production to meet Mario's groups' orders. Look at this, the orders are running at a hundred and twenty percent of projection, and the plant is not. He reached above her and did something with the knife, surprising her when she felt the ropes around her arms go slack. He was cutting her loose. She felt a pain start deep inside and realize it was hope, a tiny dim light of hope.He cut her feet loose and pulled her up by her shoulders, letting her sit at the edge of her table and catch her balance. She didn't know how long she had been tied to that table but sitting up was making her dizzy and her hands and feet throbbed terribly. Her arms. He’s still a virgin. He told me so. I figured he was, but he confirmed it.’ ‘You sly ones. That’s what you were doing while we were in the dress shop.’ ‘I got the tools and stuff at the hardware store too, just like I told you,’ Frank responded. ‘I didn’t lie.’ ‘No, but I kinda thought something else was going on.’ ‘Yeah, I bought some too. I was running low. You wouldn’t want me to run out would ya?’ ‘You better not. If you do, you’re cut off.’ ‘I just love you so much, I gotta have you all.