"Hi Marie, daddy says. I got a surprise for you."I smile at him. "You are going to behave yourself right Marie, Daddy says?"I nod yes."Good girl." He ...replies.Daddy then unties the rope from the other tree and lowers me to theground. Then he takes off the handcuffs, ankle hobbles, four-pointharness and ball gag."Here you go sweetheart, Daddy says handing me a pink gym bag. Go overthere behind those bushes and put them on, all of them. Give me yourshirt you will not need it anymore either." Thank. He loved her just as he did his ‘regular’ wives, and he’d even tried many times to get Cindy to join them at the Circle more than occasional night or two.Cindy had a deep relationship with Mark Worthington – one of ‘wife’ status with her sister Elsa, and Dave didn’t want to interfere with that, yet he loved Cindy. The compromise they’d worked out was that Cindy would often visit and stay overnight, especially when she was working at the Sarasota office for her investment company. Cindy became. P. at Carbutt, Mellows and Davidson. Does that help?’ ‘Yeah. I know there’s an ongoing investigation about a big scam, but not much more. Where does Milano fit?’ ‘He figured out what was going on and went to the president to let him know. The next thing he knows, he’s waking up in the hospital and can’t remember who he is or anything else. That was a year ago. I ran the trail as hard as I could in my spare time. The guy’s a good guy and I was trying to help. I kept comin’ up empty. Then … a. The location had been hand-picked by Max for its remoteness and security. They could see a raid by the authorities coming from miles away. Anyone foolish enough to assault the mine would find themselves battling uphill, across open tundra and without cover. There was only one way in and one way out.Mitch had been pouring over a pile of expense reports when Max's fist punched the table, interrupting his work."Looks like your goddaughter isn't content with bringing us the journal." Max swiveled.