The young nurse appeared from nowhere and offered the straw to me once more. I sipped and felt my throat loosen again. ‘Where am I?’ At least I wa...s making verbal sense now. ‘Sutter Medical Centre. I’m Doctor Mike Davis. Glad to see you back in the land of the living,’ he said. It sounded like he thought it was humorous. ‘Barely. What happened?’ ‘You were attacked, apparently. You were beaten by one or more people. Very badly beaten, as it turns out. You have a concussion, several cracked ribs,. Ken was now handed the wire – he held it in the shape of a loop. A very thin, insulated wire. Ken had been trained in its use the day before; he knew that it needed to be applied with full force and that if properly applied it produced far greater pain than even a bullwhip (at least that’s what the readings on the crash dummies had indicated). However, he knew that achieving this was hard – he had practised, but not always had he been successful in inflicting maximum pain. The theater was now. "Please...Please don't tell my father...he would kill..." I said before being interrupted by Vijay."It's okay...It's okay Neha. Don't worry, I will not tell your father." He said, still smiling as pleasantly as if nothing had happened."I will not tell you parents, promise! But I want you to continue with what you were doing, just as you were doing before and your secret will be safe with me. Lie down on the bed and continue." He said.Oh my god...is this real? I thought to my self. Even if his. "No!" cried Charles aloud. "Everyone stop fucking right now!"Everyone stopped moving. Everyone that is, except for Clyde Walker. Clyde winced with pain."What the fuck?" Clyde screamed out in surprise, clutching his forehead as he did.Charles was surprised as well. He was surprised to see Clyde respond to his command like that. It made him wonder. He was also surprised by what he saw behind Clyde. Someone else had winced in pain, someone who had been hiding behind the curtains. The pain had.