It was the following morning. The two women sat in the restaurant sharing toast and coffee."Not unless you want to. The police found enough evidence t...o put Eric and Mark away for a long, long time. Four of the other girls have agreed to testify. Individually they were afraid, but when they found out others would also come forward, they agreed." What if he made copies?" asked Rhonda, a worried expression on her face."He did, but thanks to a well written search warrant, they found the tapes in a. He knew that he would haveto leave everything behind to be with them, but he was only too glad todo so.Suddenly the room disappeared, and Cody was in a lush garden, at theentrance of a hedge maze. The voices were coming from somewhere in themaze, and he went in, running forward heedlessly and telling thePrincesses to wait for him.Sure enough, he was soon totally disoriented and lost. "Where are you?"he called out, but the girlish laughter receded and faded, leaving himalone. He sat down in. He smiles to himself as he watches her knees, elbows twitch as she arches precariously backwards. Struggling to remain motionless, she keeps her feet spread apart in the stretched chains, even as she sways, balances on her aching wrists, in pain, fatigued. Reaching behind her neck, he tugs down on her long, braided auburn hair. Her head tilts painfully back even further as she is forced to stare straight down, toward the floor, tears welling in her dark brown eyes. He senses the. ‘I thank you for the gift you are about to give us,’ I told her, and her tail thumped the floor twice. Tears came to my eyes as I thought of the love and devotion this simple creature held for me. Few humans could equal it, I thought. I would do all I could to see that she was reincarnated as one of her wild kindred, so that she could run wild and free with her tribe, and not waste her love on humankind in her next life. I was weak emotionally as well as physically, and I wept bitterly. But I.