They nibbled on each other until he regained his strength. He started to take her hand, but she pushed him away."Not tonight, loverboy," she said. "Yo...u lost ... that means a week of sleeping alone for you!"He sighed—pouted even—but it didn't do any good."You know you're losing out, too." I just want you to miss me so you appreciate the mornings we have together," she said with a loving smile. "Besides, I think I might make a date with Mr. Rabbit."Jake rolled his eyes as he pulled his pants up.. As shestarted to remove the hood the saw sprang into life again "Oh my god whatthe hell is that" as she ran around and unplugged it. She quickly removedthe hood and I started to cry with relief. "What the hell happened toyou?" "Please Maria just get this stuff off me." Slowly she removed all mybonds and I started to work out the cramps as I sat up, Maria grabbed holdof me and held me tight as I broke down and told her everything that hadhappened. "Oh Tony that's awful we have to phone the. Shephatiah's eyes were a complex mixture of fear, resentment, and despair, with an unformed swirl of darkness that could easily organize itself into hatred. Outwardly she was maintaining the required silence and stillness, even tilting her head back as required to expose her bare throat as a sign of obedience. Inwardly my instincts were warning me to watch for both homicide and suicide.Sensing that I wouldn't grab her throat, Shephatiah broke the eye contact and lowered her head again in. The tension was rising. I sucked my bottom lip into my mouth and began to bite it. Then he said, “I love your hair, long curly hair with streaks of blonde mixing in with the black. That’s sexy as hell.” Without looking up at him, I just put my head down, and replied almost silently, “Thank you.” He then asked me if I was alright. I told him that I was good. He reached across the table and grabbed one of my hands and pulled it over to him. I looked over at him to see what he was doing. He was.