She hated being on the defense; it was so far beside the point, wasn't it? She saw it might take a while before Alicia would be able to listen anyway....She kissed the girl's hair, rocking her softly."I love you," she whispered.Minutes later, Alicia left Angique in a cloud of sobs and angry accusations. She climbed the stone stairs, got dressed again in Villa and took the elevator down. She avoided the Salon, running straight to her car to drive home. Tears blurred her vision and she winced each. "Billie remained in the hospital for another week. Once again, the police tried to investigate, but had no suspects and Billie's memory of the night of the assault had somehow been erased. He remembered the van, the stranger and Trixie, but there was something else which he just could not remember. It seemed like it was an important detail. "Based on your blood tests, it appears that the sedative you were given also contained a drug to cause you to temporarily lose your memory. Unfortunately,. I trembled from fear and I hoped that they wouldn’t change their minds and just kill now. We were sitting ducks there. I was tied and gagged, while Karen laid there on her back and she was still out cold.The men left us and they took almost everything that had value in the streets. They had robbed us and had their fun with my wife. I cried silently after that and waited for her to wake up so she could untie me. This was their final insult to me. They had tied and gagged me, ****d my wife, wiped. "John got up and walked to the threadbare dining car. Amtrak was in the process of installing fixed bench seats in all of their dining cars, but this car had thus far been spared that particular indignity. Once splendid, the interior had faded from years of neglect, but the smells emanating from the kitchen were still appetizing.The cheerful attendant sat him at one of the 2-person tables. He soon found himself face to face with one of the most beautiful women he'd ever seen. She was absolutely.