Mia is in the ICU and is expected to survive. You have at most 14 hours to live. If I were you I would put a gun to my head and die without pain in th...ree hours.”“Little girl, that will not happen.”“How well do you handle pain?” Invisible Filene handed me a hammer and I smashed one of his fingernails really hard.His words are best not printed here. “That was my first sample. Are you ready to listen to my demand?He said he would listen. “I have one more pain sample. It feels like your hand is. “It was way better than my first one. Way better. David was, and is, good at some things but sex is not among ‘em.” He laughed.“Jenna seemed happy today,” he said. “That made me happy. I think we’re making progress there.”“Yes, I think you’re right. We need to reinforce those feelings as much as possible,” she said.“That we will,” he said. “Think your ex will come around?”“I don’t know. You did notice that he was there today didn’t you?” she said. He looked up.“No!”“Well, he was. He did his. Framed posters of old stallions kicking up dust as they reared up lined the walls. Some of them were saddled up by gleeful-looking girls grinning from cheek to cheek as they posed for the camera. American Girl dolls sat on the bookshelves, sporting the leather cap and riding crop of equestrian of the starlets that they were. “Holy shit, what the fuck, Karen..” Kristen whispered, looking around at the overwhelming decor that screamed ‘I’m a horse girl and I’m proud of it.’ Determined to solve. There were people who were more prepared than him, people who were really concerned about education and our students, but here we had this guy, a man with power and connections who would do what it took to achieve his goals.I spent the next hours thinking what to do. Money was not an issue since he was very affluent. I guess I had to try to find escort agencies in town, something I was ignorant about. Then, for some reason I thought of Natalia.She was really good-looking. Although she was.