”“We shall see.” She dismissed him as easily as that andturned to me, raising an eyebrow as she did. “I reallyam quite keen on...acting out the fantasy described in myletter.” She paused and raised her hand as if indefence. “Although, one does not actually indulge inthese things you understand, on a regular basis, but Ifirmly believe that nothing should be allowed to passuntried unless it is absolutely abhorrent. I do notconsider the proposal to be abhorrent,. He brought his arms up from his sides and held her close; it felt so right, so perfect. He looked earnestly into her eyes. “I wish I could say more, but I can’t.”She looked back up at him, the twinkle had returned to her eyes, and as she let go of his hand she said, “You’re very bright for an incurable criminal; perhaps some kind of evil mastermind?” She smiled and walked away.“Tomorrow then?” Harry yelled across the street, his emotions still off balance.She stopped and looked back. “More than. That night I slept in a nightgown for the very first time, with allsorts of strange visions running through my mind, not the least of whichwas, how would I look when mom was done with me? Hairless and onlyslightly less than totally scared, I appeared at breakfast the nextmorning in my nightgown. Mom didn't say a word, except to tell me thatright after the dishes were done, she and I were going to turn me intowhat she called "a fetching beauty unequaled by any in the past". Oncewe were in my. The air felt dank and she heard water dripping. To her left she heard a man snoring – that would be that nasty gorilla. She went to move and found she was restricted and only then became aware of metal bands on her wrists, she was chained to a wall. Gingerly she lifted a leg and felt the weight of a chain and assumed the other leg was similarly restrained. This was just as Troy had predicted. It was just as if he’d planned it and commissioned the thug to retrieve her for him’ she didn’t believe.