Her body tensed rigidly as the sting of the impact announced itself. But the restraints were fashioned securely and she moved very little. A scream we...led up inside her and tried to escape from her throat but met the sound-muffling impasse of the ball gag he had carefully inserted in her mouth before tying her to the bed. The blindfold that had been securely applied at the same time had prevented her from knowing when to expect the first blow and would prevent any warning of all future impacts.. Though on occasion she did miss sex and having the young men at the office drop their not so subtle hints to her was starting to sound rather inviting...She thought about calling out to her boys as she got in but the moans and screams and the not so subtle "porno soundtrack" she heard coming from further in the house stopped her. 'Are the boys watching porn? They must have thought that they'd have time before I got here and have so loud they hadn't heard my car...' She thought to herself. Well,. There wasn't even a residual smear from the viscous black liquid that had so recently pasted him from his chest to his knees."Who are you?" asked Paul again. "And where are we?" Interesting questions," said Virgil. "And very difficult to answer. But I shall try nevertheless. Shall I first tell you who or, more to the point, what I am?" That would be somewhere to start..." I am an avatar," said Virgil. "The avatar I represent is a machine intelligence that is no less real than you. And the place. When I got there, Doris was in her office, so I handed her my unit keys. I told her I was no longer with the Sheriff's Department, so not to call me but to call Mark for any problems she might have. I got the keys to my Jeep and headed back to the cabin. She tried to question me about it, but I didn't feel like talking.When I pulled up in front of the cabin, I could hear a violin playing, and I just knew Sandra was teaching Jimmy one of the new songs. I had never heard it before, so I knew.