She picked them up and fastened one of them around her wrists. "Is that tight enough?" she asked, falling into a more compliant mood."That's fine," sa...id Harry. "Now this gag, please." Harry handed her one of the gags that Rick had been experimenting with since the client presentation we had given at Freddie's club."Shouldn't there be a strap with this?" Sarah asked, turning the object over in her hands. It looked like the mouth piece of a snorkel but with a small ball shaped rubbery swelling. ” “Your mum will thank me one-day, and I suspect it will be soon!” she grinned, at his serious face then explained, “Look, my would-be young master, I have been used in many ways, once more will not be too onerous, and my friend here has been used by me hard over the years so I owe her that much… but in exchange, I want you to confirm that you will do for me on the night before I leave, what no other man has ever done to me, screw me like you did your mother… into u*********sness just by sex,. “We have a lot to do,” she explained, unnecessarily. “We have to wrap presents and do each other’s hair and all sorts of things.”“Riiiight,” said Bob. “Okay, then. Don’t stay up too late or Santa won’t come.”“He does this every year,” said Barbie, to Monica. “He insists Santa is real.”“Because he is,” said Bob, his voice calm.“It’s okay, Daddy,” said Barbie, as if she were talking to an Alzheimer patient. “We understand.”“So, this is to keep me from having sex with your brother ... right?”. At the Fledman Building a few months ago.”“Who was the victim?”“A girl. Woman in her early twenties.”The air around us was eerie, matching the macabre topic. Scarlett noticed.“Well, I hope you make your deadline,” she said to dispel it.“Thanks. Trying to do the story justice.”“Admirable. Have I read anything else you’ve written?”“I work for the local paper, there’s a few in there from me.”“Sounds like you’re being polite again. I bet you’re a great writer.”I shrugged. “Somedays I wonder why I.