I stand and with great trepidation make my way over to the two men. But once I reach Saul's side my fears are wiped away. Saul takes my hand and takes... up one of Nimrod's."Now, we're going to work on being together," Saul says and gives our clasped hand a squeeze...We talk and plan the afternoon away. The day passes into a golden sunset before I realize we have all missed lunch and now are starving."Can you cook?" Nimrod asks me, as I mention how hungry I am."Uh, I can boil water," I say flatly. I so hoped he would like me. I had been looking at Tom since he came to work for our company about three weeks ago. I hoped he didn’t notice my staring, but I’m sure he did. He is so handsome! I just couldn’t take my eyes off him. Whenever he walked by my desk, I gazed after him, dreamily imagining all sorts of romantic episodes. Then yesterday, he stopped at my desk and started to talk to me. I was so flustered, I’m sure I made a fool of myself ten times over. But he wound up asking me to go. For the first time, I was now legally permitted to be here, since my own eighteenth birthday had been a few months before.As I headed down the aisles, Clara ran up and grabbed me in a hug, then kissed me soundly. As we caught up with each other, she kept looking behind me, and I finally had to explain that my love wasn't with me. To soften the look of disappointment on her face, I gave her my personal thanks for the work she had done on the Christmas 'mural', and especially for the hidden piece. ‘Wha –‘ Her hands and feet were … restrained? She was actually tied down onto a hard surface, her arms and legs spread as far as they would go. She struggled experimentally, testing her bonds, it was useless, they were thick leather straps. What the hell? Who did these idiots think they were, actually drugging her and tying her down? Did they realize how many laws they were breaking? What did they think they were going to do, keep her tied down until she said ‘Uncle’? Wasn’t going to happen..