I knew she had a daughter, but in today’s day and age, that didn’t necessarily mean she had a husband or a boyfriend. The worse she could have don...e was turn me down, and while that would have definitely bruised my ego, I still regretted not sticking around or at least trying to get her name and her number. Ah, well. There was nothing I could do about it now. In my mind, I knew I just needed a little more time before I had the courage to get back on the horse, so to speak. Kira had wrecked me,. The family wasn't coming so it would just be the two of us in that big house. It wasn't my first time going there with my friend, but the previous time the family came as well and we were younger, so I already knew what to expect from there.Something that seemed like a fun vacation turned into an amazing vacation real quick...My friend has a lot of family down there. Men his age mostly and friends of those as well. For our second day there my friend planned to do a BBQ and a lot of people were. See you at six tomorrow." Be carful, it is suppose to snow here in the mountains on Christmas Eve. You'll probably need chains." Yeah I remember how to get to your place. I have some chains in the garage. Thanks for suggesting it. See Ya around six."I looked at Anne and asked, "How's that?"She slugged me in the shoulder and replied, "She likes to put out? You ass!" Hey, I couldn't resist it." I laughed and slapped her butt.*******I pulled up in Gary's driveway at about ten till six. It was. Then my memory returned; I had been bludgeoned while sitting in a chair in Cornelius Clark’s house. I was still sat in a chair, but was now fastened to it by a leather strap around my chest, and my hands were bound together with a smaller, buckled, leather strap. There was a rope attached through the strap, preventing me sliding my wrists from the constricting leather.My legs were free, and as my hands had been bound in front rather than behind my back I would be able to extract my knife from.