It was fall and the weather outside was very rainy and windy. They loaded us into the back of a van--it must have been what you call a one-ton van--an... we were allowed only one bag each. They pulled the rolling door down on us, leaving us in darkness as the van began to move. Luckily, one of the women had packed a flashlight, so that we could see each other a bit to move about in order to gain some degree of comfort.We discovered later that we had been moved farther inland from the coastal. Are you the partner of BrianBailey, aka Ann Bailey?"Jack sat up in bed. "Yes. She's my girlfriend...Fianc?e actually. What'shappened?" Jack said sliding his legs over the side of the bed, concerngrowing in his voice."It appears, MISS Bailey was mugged at her car after a night out."Jack didn't like the sarcastic way the detective pronounced "miss." "IsSHE alright?" pronouncing "she" in a minor act of defiance against thisjerk."She's in the ER at St. Vincent. She's alive. I'll leave the. "It's not like they weren't willing to take their turn at her, and yet it's like they're blaming me for getting them in trouble!" The thankless bastards," I said facetiously.Westy glanced at me, wondering if I was serious. The look on my face must have told him I wasn't."All right, so maybe it was kind of my fault," he grudgingly admitted. "Even so..." So how much trouble are you in with the fraternity?" On probation," he spat. "Jason, too. We ain't got no freedom at all. Starting tonight, the. He could see that she was touched by his heartfelt praise, and she climbed into his lap, wrapping her arms and legs around him and hugging him tightly. Encircling her in his arms, he stroked her back while holding her to his chest, and he leaned in and kissed her tenderly on the cheek.Pulling back from him, she stared into his eyes, and said softly, “As the victor, I’d like to claim my prize.”He smiled at her affectionately and said, “Name it.”“Make love to me,” she whispered to him, and he.