Terry took snapshots with a high-end camera using only the ambient light. I even got included in some.After the playback Crystal said, "Let's make a r...n at this one, OK?" She sat up on a tall stool and adjusted the microphone to her height. I thought she looked so sexy, and wondered how she could fend off all these males around her, yet everyone acted professional.Ben nodded and counted down again. I listened, and this time I could hear some slurred words, a hiccup when her tempo fell behind. So I had to stay at home, whole day. After two days, my mother decided to leave for our native place to solve that lady’s problem. My mother asked to me call her, Malathi aunty. From the next day, it was her cooking. My dad had left for office. I was watching T.V. With a coffee, she sat next to me and said, “Have coffee first and then than watch T.V”. I was shocked. It was such a pleasing voice totally different from her shouts and cry every day. I switched off T.V and talked with Malathi. By seven o'clock he was seated at a poker table, and the only thing on his mind was developing a read for the other players around the green felt. He was in his element now; it was Robert against the world. Over the course of the next six hours he did make a lot of headway against the other players that came and then went as their chip stacks dwindled away. Robert had a very productive evening, and a lot of the chips that the other players lost ended up in front of him. By 1: 30 in the morning. He is sure he will pass out from the intensity of it all. But he doesn’t. He has managed to control his breathing again and can sense these people moving around him. Light suddenly returns to the room. Not the spotlight as before but small dim lights flicker to life all around the room. Lewis is blinking rapidly working to focus his eyes. He can see alright now and takes a look down at his naked body. He is tied to a large wooden X that is set in a vertical slant position from the ground..