Give me at least a 10-second head start before you follow with Millie. If you hear me scream, go back and try to find another exit, okay?"Robert heard... Rebecca gasp and struggle to hold back her emotions. "Okay. God keep you safe Robert."Rebecca watched as Robert inched forward and then was suddenly sucked down the tube. He was gone in a flash, and as the seconds stretched there was only silence. "Oh, I hate this place!" Rebecca thought again. She let go of Millie who followed Robert's path and. .. Maybe I'm just attracted to men who can cook... 'Despite Jake's protests that she should stay in bed and rest, Béla climbed out of bed and headed toward the staircase."If I don't get any exercise, I'll get too fat!" she exclaimed, using her ever-expanding tummy as an excuse to do something! Anything!Béla heard the shower start upstairs as she crossed the downstairs living room. There was an unusual brightness on the eastern horizon.'Why is the sun's coming up at this hour?' Béla wondered,. I follow, ahead and obedient, though he sees for me. Into the Barn we go. The air is moist and chill against my nipples, no matter the spoke on season's wheel. Organic and rich, the scents repel and beggar submission to that which is before and behind. Into the Barn, deep inside. To where the light does not reach, the dust is not stirred, the a****ls cannot see. My muscles, tense and rigid, body straight and erect, he leads behind relaxed and jandering. Away from prying eyes though all can. Two years ago she had watched as her father had bound Keiko with the same ropes to the same posts. That had been the last she was allowed to see of before she was shooed out of sight into the house by her mother. Should she have waited? Keiko had been two years older before she asked. Why had she screamed like she did? Keiko had refused explanation saying only that Miho would know in good time, a retort that was invariably accompanied with an infuriatingly knowing smile. The hand travelled down.