Paris, November 21stCaerys hunkered down in the relative safety of the thick concrete pillar, and hugged her knees, biting down gently on her lip to k...eep from screaming again.She'd heard a woman screaming, briefly, earlier, but she'd lost track of exactly what was happening then when she resigned herself to the knife."There you are..." she spun to see Rafael, one of her father's associates, scuttling along the wall towards her, eyes gleaming with some inner rage. Her rescuer had disappeared. You might want to negotiate a good price for your release." I winked at her.When I turned my cell phone on I had two messages. One was from my latest cop friend, Mike Dawson ... Ms Stone call me, I have some news.I dealt with each of my messages, before I move on to the next one. It's an old military habit. "Don't you ever sleep?" I asked when he answered the phone."I bet you were up before me," he replied."No bet, so what is it that you have for me." Don, is so very sorry that he made an ass. I noticed the lights becoming slowly dimmer and dimmer. I looked over to Ron and saw that he had the light control in his hand.“Are you OK, Ron?”“Yep, I’m fine.”“You can come closer if you want to. The bed is big enough for three, maybe even four.” I saw him lay down on the bed beside Ronnie.“Do you want to touch her, Ron?”“Yes, I would like that.”“You touch her left breast and I’ll touch her right.”There was silence for a couple of minutes then, “Oh fuck, that’s nice. It feels so foreign.”I. ”“Jackie,” said Ms. London, extending a hand. “It’s a real pleasure to meet you. I can’t tell you what a difference your generosity will make for our program.”Jessica smiled and shook her hand. “Well, Kelly Ann here can be very convincing. Now have a seat. I just mixed some martinis, can I bring you one?”Jackie London hesitated. She probably shouldn’t drink here in front of a student. But then would their hostess, and benefactor, be insulted if she refused? Finally she said “Sure, that would be.