I was about ten feet away, he was only a few feet away so I knew that he was getting a real good look.When Maria spoke to him she was slurring her wor...ds and acting a little drunk, I could hear her telling him that it was her anniversary and she wanted some sexy shoes and an outfit to surprise her husband. She asked to try on a few more pairs as she wasn't sure about the few that she had tried already. By the look on his face, I think that he would be happy to let her try on every pair in the. The boy is in the basement. Mr. Patel will show you the way.’ ‘Yes, Your Lordship, straightaway. Thank you again,’ Dr. Neil Swindon-Smythe said as he bowed and allowed the swarthy man to show him to the dungeon. * * * ‘Dungeon’ wasn’t exactly the word Alan would have used to describe the room to which he was confined. It more closely resembled a hospital room, the walls were white and antiseptic, and he was still, of course, lying bound in a straightjacket on a hospital gurney. Furthering the. I called Sue and told her Kyle had slapped me, I was leaving him but had nowhere to go. All I knew was that I had to get out now at any cost. I wasn’t about to put up with a drugged man who beats women. That’s when she invited us to her place. You know the rest of the story after that. ‘I went back to the house a few hours later and Kyle was passed out. I grabbed two suitcases and put whatever I could in them and left. There was no way I would ever stay with a man on drugs. I made a big mistake. ‘It’s something they do to get more women for themselves. Winner gets the spoils.’ ‘That’s how Prince Arj thinks,’ I said. ‘Proof that it’s probably wrong. My father was wiser, he said that men got more women by growing food than killing men. Sounds funny, but I see now what he meant. As woman we want security, plenty, peace…’ ‘You also want confidence in a man’s ability to fight for what’s needed,’ Tir said. ‘Don’t try to tell me about how women are all sweet and pacifistic and peaceable. Show.