"You never seen her, has you. She naught but a crone, old as he is. Sides, I think he likes boys better these days. I had him paw at me onct." Where d...oes he keep them?" I asked, getting to my goal.The boy looked at me and hesitated. I produced a crown from my purse and showed it to him."East wing; up on the second floor; locked away and guarded all the time." Really?" I said handing him the coin."Yep," he said, "like they was gold or silver." How many guards?" I asked."Two, at least two, day. "But I wish you were goingto be there too." In time, honey," she said, stroking my back in a comforting gesture."You know why your dad wants to keep your identity secret."I nodded, but it didn't provide any comfort.---"How are you doing?" Dad asked me while we walked into an upscaledowntown office building 40 minutes later. "I'm a little nervous," I replied. In all honesty, I was stressed out."You'll be fine," he said with a large grin. "You're handling thisbetter than most of my new clients."I. Then her toe hit something. She shuffled a bit more, trying to feel it out with her body and her encased arms. It was cold and tubular and made of metal ... mom's exercise bike! Stephanie now knew where she was. She was in the corner of the bedroom near the window...The window! That's it. She could stand in front of the window and someone would see her and call the cops.The captive girl started to shuffle to the window when she felt her foot get tangled in something ... a piece of cloth. She. Lucy went to investigate. As she got closer to the small shed she could hear faint moaning sounds this slowed her progress as she began to think what was going on in there. She crept up slowly to the open side window and looked in. Dani had her back to the small window and could not see Lucy. Dani was naked and seemed to be looking at a magazine that was on the floor just in front of her. Lucy had seen Dani naked many times before as they were growing up together but this was the first time.