"At least this way I won't have to sneak out in the middle of the night and walk alone through the dark woods to get to your house," she whispered."Yo...u wouldn't! Would you?" I'd try to call you first so you and your white charger could come and rescue me." I could just imagine trying to ride Gypsy through ten inches of snow in a dark wood to meet Cassie somewhere. I was glad her parents gave her permission. "Do we rotate sleeping next to you during the night?" she asked."Um ... I don't know.. As I approached the shed I noticed that the door was slightly ajar. I pushed it further open and saw my neighbor’s daughter handcuffed and bound to a day bed. At 17 years old she was the spitting image of her sexy mother. She lay nude with her ankles splayed and bound to the legs. Her wrists bound above her head. “Please Mr “C”, release me.”As I looked at her wrists, I noticed a rope to the handcuffs. It appeared as if the cuffs were attached to a pulley system and the rope had slipped off the. " And resumed watching the movie, slowly dozing off.Claire was awakened suddenly by a loud banging at her door.What the..."Who's there?" she asked.There was an answer amidst the banging, but it wasn't any language Claire understood, definitely strange considering her military service as an overseas translator.Claire grabbed her old Colt M1911 from the bookshelf and tiptoed to the rattling and shaking front door. Carefully she flung open the door and stepped back. the sight before her was. He's old ... feeble ... sharp as a tack and a relative I discovered two years ago. After he dies, I'll take over his 'kingdom' ... businesses ... farms ... all his Old Country estates. I don't need a Dave anchor. You good with that?" You bet ... you're too young for me and I have a life I have to live before I check out."Andrea and most of the bankers took off for the Marina. David stayed behind and buttonholed the younger man, a spirited conversation took place and money changed hands. The two.