Time to get ready? She wasnt just getting ready in there. She was hiding something, he was sure of it, the past few hours shes kept to herself, she ke...t quite which meant a lot of thinking and its what the old Bailey used to do. How much did she remember now? How much would it get her in danger? When are we leaving? Bailey asked as she moved around him and fetched her black leather jacket. We leave now, Cody watched as she put on her jacket, she wouldnt meet his eyes, but he noticed that she. I wanna hit the beach this weekend, not the books. Like, what the fuck does he think he’s doing?’ ‘Man, if I didn’t have to take this, I’d, like, drop this shit in an instant. Fuck, this is nuts already.’ Paul smirked inwardly to himself. Part of his strategy as a rookie lecturer was to be seen as a no-nonsense kind of guy. He figured they wouldn’t walk all over him if he started off firmly in charge of things. As the departing din lessened and he gathered up his notes, Paul noticed that. He felt sick. “Would you do anything to save your nipple from the knife, girl? Would you?”Michaela enthusiastically shook her head up and down. With a soft, sinister chuckle, the Middle-Eastern man unfastened the girl’s cherry red gag and let it pop free from her lips. It dangled below her chin as she coughed and had to slowly loosen her jaw muscles. “My name is Hakim, but you will call me ‘Master’ or ‘Master Hakim.’ Is that understood?”Michaela’s terrified eyes darted toward her father. SMACK.. .”Lucy nodded slowly. “What about Peter? Does he know?”“He knows, yes. He’s known about a year. Since just before his ‘A’ levels.“He’s not involved as well is he?”“He helps Jack out in the yard, but that’s as far as it goes.”“Oh Dad!”“I needed to keep him out of the hands of the Patrol. Working for Jack seemed like a good way to do it. He’s been a great help.”“I suppose he needs to keep doing that?”“Yes. It won’t be much longer I don’t think. A couple of Thorn’s cabinet have already.