There were no windows, no other furniture but that metal cot bolted to the cement floor and the thin mattress, stained and stinking of mildew.She'd to...ld him everything she knew, many times over the past week, changing her story until the lies gave way to the truth as he'd known they would. The young woman had been beaten, but not severely, only enough to put the fear of it into her. Hunger and a lack of sleep, and most especially the drugs he'd used to punish and reward the policewoman were. In touch with their feminine side, too."Billy sat in silence a second, for a second or two he searched her facefor telltale signs of pranking him. They had done that for years, but hesaw none of her tells, not even a hint. He saw her eyes starting togather a little moisture, she was fighting back tears, she was feelingvulnerable and exposed. She'd revealed something to him that she clearlyhad not planned to, and in that moment he felt he knew her more suddenlythan he had in all their years of. I wasn't sure why they hated me, I'd never done anything toupset them that I could think of but from day one of college Louiseseemed to have it in for me. My parents dropped me off outside theairport, my father lifted my luggage out of the boot of the car and thenhugged me, letting go for a second to allow my mother to hug me. Inearly cried as my parents both said how proud they were of me andtelling me to keep in touch. As they left I wiped a tear and thankfully,just by the door, there was. In fact, it was through the internet that she had come to understand that her erotic thoughts and fantasies were absolutely normal. Her mind wandered to some of those hot private discussions where she chatted about unmentionable things which, although embarrassing at first, had gradually opened her eyes to her own powerful feelings and the wonderful way she could pleasure herself. The things she said and pretended to do in cyberspace were, she thought with a smile, really wild and perhaps even.