On the counter are the ingredients you'll need to make a simple Spaghetti Bolognese. You'll also find a recipe and a button-remote. When the food is r...ady, press the button and we'll come down. If the food doesn't taste good, you'll be punished severely. Do you understand?"Emma could have cried. James knew that she couldn't cook to save her life; she hated it so much that he had always cooked for them both. Without another word they left the kitchen and pulled the door shut behind them. Emma. ‘Rob, are you there?’ ‘I’m here,’ Rob hesitated. ‘Alexis, I don’t think this is a good idea.’ Alexis pleaded. ‘Please Rob, I just want to see you. Will you meet me at the park at 9:00?’ The line fell silent and Alexis braced herself for his answer. ‘I don’t know Lexi,’ Rob finally answered before hanging up the phone. Alexis sobbed against Kaitlyn’s shoulder, a huge weight had been lifted. The rest of the afternoon and evening were a blur for Alexis. Thankfully the arrival of out of town. She looked directly at me and said, "May I be frank with you Peter?" I raised my eyebrows at that, but gave her a smile and said, "by all means!" She leaned forward toward me, the little top she was wearing had the top button undone. I could see down her shirt and she knew I was looking. She smiled and said, "I really need to sell ALL the cookies. I have half of the cookies here...eighteen boxes. There are thirty six boxes in all. I am hoping I won't have to go to anyone else Peter. If you. I stood up slowly from the table where I'd been eating my dinner and looked at the pleading in her eyes, then I hit her,I did it right, thank God and she dropped like a stone, she hardly weighed a thing as I picked her up and walked upstairs with her in my arms.The screaming began as soon as she woke up and saw the leather straps round her wrists and ankles, I was sitting in the room's only other item of furniture, a straight backed chair."I'm going to keep you here until you can do without.