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"I want an interview You tell me what it was like, what they did to you, and I’lltone and unwholesoive him a Penthouse-worthy report of the horrors she’d suffered? "I don’t do interviews"

"How about the other slave--the blonde college kid? Were you close with Holly?"

The name was a hairl had been farthan her powerlessness to protect herself Holly had been so terrified, had pleaded with the Overseer to let her go home She’d been sold and died under the lash instead

Linda blinked hard "I’m busy Please leave" As customers turned to look, she set her face into an expressionless aze down her body His voice dropped "I gave it to you good, so why’d you dump me? Cuz you’d wanna be tied up when you’re fucked? Did you have a better time with them than with me?"

Her stomach twisted "Get out of ainst the nausea, she yanked her cell phone out, punched two numbers, and turned it so he could see the display Nine One

Hein the door to snarl, "Welcome back, slave"

You bastard Her skin had turned cold and clammy, and as she filled the basket with the contents of the display , her chest grew tighter and tighter,the pretense, she hurried toward the back of the store As she passed, the two gray-haired custoe

At the counter, Maribelle was oblivious as she bantered with two children

The back room was cool Dark It didn’t help Oh God, oh God, oh God The tears started Then her sto Throwing up

Finally she rested her face against the wall Get up, Linda Her body wouldn’tso hard on its web The cleaning lady would probably destroy all its work

That ain

Chapter Four

Sunday finally arrived Linda had given herself the whole day off to enjoy A day for bare feet, ripped jeans, and a Queen Latifah T-shirt She hadn’t been ready to face church, so she and the children had rescheduled their traditional after-church dinner for the evening In the nore the outside world and just…settle

As she finished putting her lunch dishes into the dishwasher, she realized she was singing along with an old Carpenters’ song on the radio, "I Need To Be in Love" She snorted Wouldn’t that just be a disaster, considering everything that had happened to her? Added to her past, she also had her strange desires…

Her jaw clenched That horrible Dwayne At least Lee had been polite, although the memory was still uncoone to bed, and she’d asked for…et him to bite, to spank He’d been appalled

Her mouth turned down The mortification she’d felt with him had been the spur that sent her to a BDSM club Like beads on a necklace, each event had led to the next and the next, until here she was Postkidnapped Kind of athe sting of Sa her bottom Not exactly normal Well, at least she was alive to whine about all her weird probleh the big kitchen , setting dustthe last line of the song into a pretendthe spatula into the rack Yesterday at work had gone well Her night bacon, toht her how is in life were A smile instead of a frown Co could be otten off recently

Not since the night of the auction with Saain, ht, she’d think nothing would ever arouse her again

She shook her head Somehow he’d simply overwhelmed her until all she’d been able to see or hear was hiht to where he wanted her Then huasm Her sto at her The slave next to her had stared, her face turning hard with a "how could you?" expression