Keep a good watch over us at all times with that Sharps. You may want to get your scope off as soon as we get our horses on the ground. It’ll be of ...o good to you in the dark anyway.”“Kill anybody that you think is about to make trouble for us. I wish we could get word to the Blasingame men that we’re here, so we could find out for sure where our Bucks are.”The engineer had walked out along the boiler and closed the cover on the reflector of his kerosene lamp on the front of the engine, then. "She's cool and all. Fun to hang out with. Not my type, though." Understandable," I said. I guess Ron's still on track to meet his wifein college.* * *I was in the girls locker room changing into my gym clothes with Juliewhen Brittany came over to me, Amber was in tow looking as annoyed asever."Christina!" Brittany said. "I heard about yesterday's meet! That's soawesome." Thanks," I said.I could see Amber rolling her eyes."Are you ladies ready for the game today?" Julie asked."Absolutely,". I picked them up, weighed them, and figured out how to open them and close them. Straps, not locks. I turned toward her and her hands, and gently pried her wrists apart to make room for the leather. As I proceeded to close the cuffs and tighten the straps, her breathing became louder, not quite moaning. I tried to look at her face, but she was focused hard on the cuffs.I reached up to find the rope and tried to trace it around, but it was just two strands hanging down. There wasn't enough rope. Her innocent features and youthful appearance gave her and edge in the corporate world. Those who assumed she was a docile mouse were often shocked when they lost major accounts to her company. She was her firm’s secret weapon and well they knew it. My day wizzed by uneventfully until around lunch. I’d decided there was no way I would be calling Trouble, CEO, to take him up on his offer. I needed to continue working on me. I stopped by my favorite deli close to where Mandy worked and bought two.