"I sure did, and she is. I'm sure Jan or Cindy — it's Cindy, by the way, not Cynthia — will explain it to you." Dan's face had been very friendly ...and relaxed. Suddenly it became very serious as he continued, "April, I have a favor to ask. I have no right to ask it, and you have every right to tell me to go to hell. Your answer has absolutely nothing to do with the job I mentioned. Regardless of how you answer, you have the job if you still want it. Understand?" Yes, sir. And the answer is yes.. Hanna would turn and walk away. I followed her like a good pet. In three months I was nothing, just a thing for Hanna and her girlfriends.Hanna woke at 5am every morning, the first thing she did was slap my face to wake me! "Up!" From my first night as Hanna's pet I was hogtied over the seat of a dining room chair. My feet streched touching the back of my head, Hanna wrapped rope around my ankles, then ran it into my mouth I was gagged! My head being pulled by my legs and feet. My feet being. ." mom's voice trails off as she notices the looks between the three of us. "Too late, huh?" Damn! We were afraid of that," Mrs. Andrews says."OHMYGOD! You've been fucking your sister!" Lauren shrieks, dramatically covering her mouth with her hands, presumably to keep from laughing. It takes everything I have not to bust out laughing, as well. I catch Kristina's eye and see that she's had the same reaction to my sister's fanciful outburst."Language!" mom says, sharply and then turns back to me.. Ominous silence sent ice-cold fear racing through Maddie's veins and she ran blindly across the street, the gravely tarmac shredding her bare feet - although she barely noticed. Another car stopped and voices buzzed like mosquitoes on the edge of her consciousness.Sasha was lying in the road, deathly still. Maddie dropped to her knees, dirt scraping her flesh. She touched the familiar silky fur, trying to convince herself that this nightmare wasn't really happening. Not tonight of all.