All of the girls now bore the welts from the strap and canes that he used to reinforce his instructions.Bethany fell into a fitful sleep, slumped agai...nst the bars of the cell, brought back to consciousness from time to time by the pull of the chain around her neck.Suddenly she was standing in a large room. In the centre, a fire burned in a hearth. Thin wisps of smoke climbed towards a vent in the roof. The walls were plastered and brightly painted. In a small room to one side she could see. " It did, Master. I still — dislike my father for giving me the name." Is hate a closer feeling than dislike?" Yes, Master."Melvin or Jackson began to tell me how much he knew about us and what he could guess. The latter covered a lot of area and his surmises were not even close. We went back further to when and why he was recruited. Willie's name came up three times but it was just because he was dealing in gold.Like the other men, I found out Jackson's talents. He had been in the Canadian. “Yeah, I guess so…”A handsome, young man stepped out from the shadows of the hallway; his distinctive European features contrasting with my Asian ones. His deep, brown eyes were looking in my direction and it gave me chills.“Hm. That’s interesting.”“I didn’t have anything to do with the rooming assignments, if that’s what you’re thinking.”Silently, he placed his bags at the foot of the bed and disappeared into the bathroom. I sighed as his well-built figure dropped out of sight. What were the. Each looking from side to side for anything that might be a threat. Occasionally, one of them would look over their shoulder to see if anyone was behind them.Rick said, “Do you know what really bugs me?”“What?”“I can’t believe that they thought they could get away with it. I mean, we were ten feet from the gym door. There were people everywhere who saw them do what they did. How in the world did they think they could get away with it?”“I don’t know. They almost did.”“They were nowhere close to.