" I love you too, Jessica..." Click.I did a quick survey of myself. My arm was sore, discolored, bruises beginning to form. There was another area on ...the outside of my thigh. I don't remember that. Probably from the kicking when I grabbed him.I touched my cheek tenderly. This was going to be the visible one, red, puffy now. When it turned blue...I heard the 'whoop' of a police siren. At least I'd had the forethought to pull on my pants.A knock at the open door. "Police!" Come in," I said.The. I hope you like it. * He sighed as he held his drink in his hands. This had not been a good week. His boss had worked him hard all 5 days as he fought to complete the project he had been assigned. Working late for 4 days straight, he had just managed to complete it 2 hours ago and after leaving from his office, he had headed straight to the club to unwind. He craned his neck to see if he could find some company worth his while. And when he saw her, he had no idea how the weekend would unfold.. Bob surveyed the scene as it unfolded. His family, the wives and children, were all huddled together by the yucca tree in the front yard. Bob had left the tree as a concession to Dana.It didn’t take long for the bucket brigade to form. It was just the family and the men who had returned early from the roundup pens at first. Hardly enough to stretch from the windmill driven tank, where there was a good supply of water, if they only could get it from there to the house. The blazing inferno lit up. "I don't mind if you want to." She was leaving it up to me. I couldn't fathom what Vikkor had done to her that she succumbed so completely to someone else's will. Chloe wasn't even that far under even though she enjoyed having me command her, she still made some decisions.I held out my hands and Alexandria took them. I pulled her up and scooted back on the bed. I pulled her to me and she lay on me like a living blanket. Her face was so wonderful, but her expression was hesitant. She was.