’ He glanced at Sandy. ‘You got us the tickets to the Fifths, even though you thought you wouldn’t like it. You took me to that dinner where, uh..., that wonderful dinner.’ Don’t be bashful, Jeff. Tell the whole family about my night of foreplay and seduction. ‘And these gifts tonight prove you have an immense capacity for caring and giving. So we got you the gift of giving.’ Come on, be a little more cryptic, you’re making it too easy. What the hell was he talking about? ‘Sam and Harri and Mom. I walked inside the house and found no one was around and no luggage. Then I heard a rhythmic noise upstairs. It was like someone hitting the wall. I walked up and there were two rooms opposite each other. I first approached the room on the right and opened the door.The door swung open with a squeak and the noise stopped. This was when I noticed that the sound was coming from the other room. I approached the room on the left and tried to open it. But it was locked from inside. I knocked on the. Another man, the second, pushed them out of her path, but Cecily was too dizzy to think and too tired to speak. She shuffled past the clusters of cable with every one of her steps being a mammoth effort facilitated by Albert and the Doctor. They were dragging her forward. "Please!" her lips curled because Albert was standing her in front of the gurney and leaning her against it.Her eyes were drooping and she looked at the woman and she begged for her help. It wasn't done loudly, but it was. The improvised gagfilled both my throat with its taste and my nostrils with its rank stench. Icould feel the cold touch of the cuffs against my wrist and ankles and Istrained at the chains links in a futile attempt to somehow break them, andregain my freedom. But each tug, each yank shortened the chain and limited mymovements. The growing restriction caused more pain and my struggles lessened. You stood over thescene, looking down on your disciples and your victim, savouring this straight.