I know she cared about you. She wouldn't of done it otherwise." Thank you." Laura was cold. She couldn't let herself be any other way."Look, maybe we ...ould get together again. Just to talk, you know?"Laura felt a sharp throbbing pain in the pit of her stomach. I don't think I can take another rejection from her, she realized. But she also couldn't resist, couldn't forsake the chance."Okay." How about... you know, now?" Now?" It was eight o'clock on a Friday night."My kid is staying with his. We live on a small farm and sometimes we had to rely on rabbits or squirrels or raccoons for meat and we always had to deal with rats in the barn. I shot them too…still do on occasion.”“Just keep in mind that there’s a huge difference between shooting an animal and shooting a human being. I explained my reactions after shooting the man who had taken George hostage. “My reactions vary on the circumstances,” I told her loudly enough so others could hear. “I had no reaction when I had to kill. Otherwise, she was completely nude. That was the standard stuff, in and of itself arousing as it silenced and commanded her naked body, offering her charms in wanton invitation. But there was more tonight -- much more! On each of her erect nipples was a small spring-clamp. These connected to a thin leather strap, which then connected together in a heavier strap. This went up to the ceiling rafter and over a pulley there. At the other end of this strap from her nipples, dangling just a few feet. ”“The church is very impressive and what struck me the most was that like Shinto, you have great respect for your ancestors.”“You mean the icons?”“Yes, and the priest there told us about praying for them as well. That is very Japanese. Do you do that?”I nodded, “Prayer for, and with, the saints is very important. I really know nothing about Shinto and only the tiniest bit about Buddhism. You probably know more about Russian Orthodoxy than I do your faith.”“One of the girls said you are a.