I sipped my Mai Tai and wondered if the fish were intently watching us like I was watching them. This has been a very long week, and not for the first...time, I was questioning if I should have come to Hawaii or not. The views were gorgeous, the sites were interesting and the activities were fun. However, this was supposed to have been my honeymoon, and I was alone. Well, technically, not alone. My best friend had come with me. Just seven days before my wedding, I’d found the man of my dreams. He stroked the side of her face and smiled as he ran his hand through her hair."Shh, shh. It's okay, little one. I am here now. If you are good, you will not experience much more suffering," He shushed her in the most warm and comforting tone Vanessa had ever heard. It was his next words that made her feel uneasy. "I own you now, you are my property to keep. My little slave."He had kept the tone, but the content of his words made her scared. A slave? No. No, she had to get back to Boston, to. I was stunned, not so muchthat my mom would offer to let me have some of her clothes but becausefor the first time since she caught me, I was honest about what I wanted,even though I hadn't really explained it to either of us."Yes Michelle. I do mean it. If that's what you really want then you'renot asking for much. But if you don't mind, I'd still like to buy youthe top and the jeans."I started to argue with her but thought better of it. "Okay Mom. We'vegot a deal." Then its done, but. How can people be so cruel?I used the key I had taken and un-cuffed the now beaten and bruised Agent. I told him, “Go over to those phones and call your AIC and ask for a team to come to us. This is Silver City.”The door to the Sheriff’s office opened at that instant, and Fran came from there with a crazed look on her face and a letter opener dripping blood. Fran hugged me and said, “I thought I was over there again and looked for anything I could use. The guy was pulling my pants down without.