Someone had closed the window and the shade, but I could see daylight. I eased myself out of the bed and went to the bathroom and peed.As I wiped and ...lushed, Nollie entered and smiled at me. She promptly sat down on the spot I'd vacated, and began to pee. I felt a little awkward; I was used to privacy in the bathroom. She finished and looked in the mirror over the sink, combing her hair with her fingers."Hungry?" she asked."Mmm-hmm," I replied."Let's go see what we can find!" she said with a. Her cell phone had a text message containing a photo of her lying naked on her bed, the collar and cuffs still in place. Obviously he'd drugged her food so he could bring her home uninterrupted and have free run of the place, including screwing the outside light bulbs back fully into their sockets. Whatever he knew about her before, he very well could know a lot more now, or her cell number at the very least. She had his as well, though it was probably just a burner phone. She couldn't bring. I tried to be a good Christian wife and mother, but I failed. I just hope that I can still go to Heaven, but he thinks that I was never truly saved, that I will go to Hell, and that this is proof of it. I'm a bad, terrible, awful woman. Such a sinner, such a whore. I'm a Jezebel and I'm probably damned to a Devil's Hell, just as your father claims," Mom seemed very much ashamed."What is it, Mom?" I now insisted that she tell me."I'm ... gay, Jake. I'm a lesbian. I was never sexually attracted. Dr Newbold relaxed in his chair and regarded me, probably evaluating my worth as a defence lawyer and already resigned to his fate with or without my help. He spoke, “I don’t actually have an attorney, I’ve never needed one, so you are who, exactly?”“I’m a court-appointed attorney, to ensure you receive the best legal advice that—”“Ah. My best advice to you, Mr ... Makepeace?”“Yes sir?”Doctor Newbold leaned forward.“Get out,” he hissed, “go away and forget you ever saw me. Get away now, kid,.