It was cold so I put it in the microwave for ninety seconds while I scouted around for something to munch with it. When the microwave dinged, I walked... to the basement door and turned on the light. Elizabeth started shuffling around immediately. I heard the rattling of the chains that she wore last night -- as punishment for yesterday's transgressions -- and smiled. She had exactly thirty seconds to get to the top of the stairs and present herself to me. I listened to her body moving across the. I remembercomplaining that it hurt, and Miss. Joleen telling me to: "be tough andtake it like a lady." I must have fallen asleep while my hair was drying and Miss.Joleen was doing my manicure, because I remember opening my eyes andseeing your radiant face looking down at me, and hearing Miss. Joleenannounce that it was time to comb my hair out. What an experience tohave heard someone talking about me like that. It was time for ME to haveMY hair combed out. I couldn't wait. I wanted to see. My heart automatically races, beads of sweat magically appearing on my foreheadand chest. My senses become almost panicked, my ears straining almost painfullyto hear the slightest sound. I even hold my breath, as the sound of it interfereswith my intense search for the slightest sounds of my Beloved as He moves aroundthe room. I know He is planning something, but I never know when the firstsensation will come, or what it will feel like. The anticipation is unbearable,until suddenly, the hot,. ’ ‘No, it’s not, the last thing Max needs is to be cornered. I know Keni is getting more and more scared he’ll show up here when every one least expects it. She won’t talk to anyone about it, but she wears that damn gun all the time now, even took it with her to Oklahoma City today and she had two feds with her plus Kate, and her folks.’ Harley looked at his little brother as he told him his deepest fear. ‘She wants to be the one to kill him Way, I mean she wants to be the one who blows his.