He put his hand on her smooth tummy, before sliding the gag off of her mouth. Kayleigh screamed “Please sir, some girls who I thought were my friend...s just stole all of my stuff and tied me here like this.”The man examined her with a quizzical look on his face “Hmm, which girls, and why? What were you doing with them?” The crowd started to advance further.“They’re my new friends from school, or at least I thought.” She said as she started to cry “My parents agreed to let me sleep over at the one. We talked at our table when the band played the faster stuff. Neither of us cared for the fast stuff. She told me she was twenty-seven years old and single. Her long-term boyfriend had gotten into drugs. For the past year, or so, he had been both physically and verbally abusive to her. She had finally gotten her fill of his abuse, and had thrown him out a few weeks back. After several unsuccessful attempts, her friends had finally convinced her to go out with them for an evening of dancing.. ’ ‘Of course not.’ I said with a devious smile. ‘I just want to feel good with someone to love.’ ‘So you don’t fall for little girls?’ I shrugged. ‘Why not?’ She raised an eyebrow. ‘You’re telling me you’re one of those perverts too?’ ‘I could be, if she’s cute and wants me too.’ ‘Thank goodness I’m not cute then.’ she said looking at nothing on the horizon. I just drank until she looked at me with a frown. ‘Aren’t you supposed to say I AM cute?’ ‘I can. But then you’re halfway my perverted. ”“General, I will be happy to accept your invitation. If I do that Mr Selfridge and his people will also stay,” Shepard accepted for us all.My team looked as though they were expecting us to do battle with the general’s whole army. I had no intention in going to war without a good cause and an even better chance to live through it.We had been eating during all the conversations. The couple, who never gotten introduced look very ill at ease the whole time. They also didn’t have much in the way.