If you say the word 'Frog' at any time, Alice and I will immediately stop. We'll untie you and go on to another lesson. Get on the bed, Max."I got on ...the bed slowly. I wasn't sure I liked this but Aunt Marti seemed to know what she was doing.The cloth handcuffs was a simple strip of cloth with Velcro on the ends. Aunt Marti wrapped one of my wrists with one end of the cloth."Is that too tight?" No, it's fine."Aunt Marti pulled both of my arms over my head and looped the loose end of the cloth. Not only that they have a policy of sourcing their needs from local companies wherever possible and this supplies even more jobs. Literally thousands of people rely on McFarlane Enterprises for their livelihood and its prosperity is vital for the well being of our town and the surrounding area." I suppose that subconsciously I realised that," Kenny said. "I just had not thought about it very deeply, but you are right." My dad takes that responsibility very seriously," Rebecca said. "This is why. " Well, they've asked us again to sign the quit claim, but have added some hush money to it."Imagine that. I didn't expect that. "How much we talking here?" Oh, not an insignificant figure but you wouldn't retire on it. Twenty five grand. And they've added a clause that basically says this is a final settlement, so there's no revisiting it in the future. Sounds like a decent carrot to me."I thought about it, but only for a second or so. "My silence can be bought, sure, I agree. I'll be. We need to get some food in him.’ ‘Don’t push me, Camille,’ Niko warned, but he got up to do her bidding. Returning her attention to her husband’s friend, she finished the bandage and tucked a blanket around his shivering form. How could she have been such a moron as to screw Niko? Everything she’d worked so hard for, all the effort she’d put into rebuilding her life was lost to her now. How could she face Doug now that she’d betrayed him? He loved her, had been waiting so long for her, and in.