All I could think is what am I getting into by this, but might as well as long as I win."How about who ever loses has to be the others slave" What kin...d of slave," I said with a hint of curiosity in my voice."What ever you want" I thought about it and agreed, after all it could be fun. I got some cards out of the drawer and we started to play. I think we settled on hold'em or something like that, I can't remember exactly. Regardless we played till who ever won ten hands. It was close and of. "Laura's face had grown pale. A tremendous sense of guilt was suddenly washing over her. If Fisah really was playing a game, it was her fault for telling Jamie he could trust her. Had her gullibility put them in danger?"What did she say?" Laura asked, almost reluctant to hear his reply."She told whoever was on the other end where we are. I don't think any of this was pre-planned because it seemed as if she was trying to explain herself, almost as if she was in trouble at first. She said she. “Really…” Her face lit a bit. She moved near him… Tears swelled in her eyes. “I’m sorry for what I’ve done, but I promise you, I’ll stop everything. We’ll send Ashim back to his home… We…”“That’s not needed.” He stopped her in between. “I’m not telling anyone.”Devyani felt relieved.“Thanks son.” She sat beside him. “In return you can ask me for anything.”“Anything… ?” He looked at her, grinning.“Yeah… Anything.”“Promise.”“Yes… Promise.”“Okay mom… I’ll tell you later.”She squeezed his hand. Tim decided to try and change the subject. ‘Oh, I think it will take you a bit longer than that,’ he quipped. Julia laughed. From the sounds of things, it was loud enough to make anyone else still in the Southwest Airlines offices at Raleigh-Durham on a Sunday afternoon wonder what was going on. ‘Shut up,’ she said when she finally settled down long enough to answer. ‘Besides, that’s your fault. If you wanted, it would only take 3 or 4 minutes.’ ‘Yeah, but there’s absolutely zero fun in that.’.