NOV~HERE COMES UP AND SAYS ‘HEY I’M FROM SAVE lYE ANIMALS’ OR SOME
            SUCH TING.” SHE DRAWLED.STRIKER LAU~1*ED.HE WAS FALLING POE IT.
                   “I DO NOT BELIEVE IT.DEAREST CATRINA FELL FOR THE WRONG
            (H? UP” MILLI FAKED AN EXASPERATED EXPRESSION.
                     “YOU KIDNAPPED ME BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT I WAS FROM SOME C.T~
            OR WHADEVER? &“ STRIKER NODDED.
                “L~MEE SEE THE GOODS.” HE SAID SERICUSLY’.SHE STOPPED LAUGHING
            A HER MIND REELED.
                “YOU GOT TO ME BEFORE I BOUHHT EM1~THAMCS ALOTt I AIN’T GOT ANOT
            HE TWO GRAND TO SPARE!.” SHE SNAPPED.STRIKER STARTED UNTYING THE
            RO ES.
               I “YDU ARE REALLYT BEAUTIFUL..” lIE WHISPERED IN HER EAR.SHE SIlL
            ANJ~ GCCJ) NATUREDLY LAUGHED LIKE A TEEN AGER.WHEN HE WAS FINISHED S
            WA~N’T READY ROE WHAT HE EXPEC~ED.HE THREW HER ON THE BED.SHE WARY
            ED’TO SCREAM RAPE BUT R~EMBERED JESSE’S WORDS.
                       MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH A GUY GOOD OR BAD ALLWAYS KEEP
                   OOL.Th]~N ]I~T HIM HAVE IT.” SHE THREW HER AI~TS AROUND HER NEC
                   WITH A FREE HAN]) PICKED UP HIS POCKET KNIVE..SHE PRESSED THE
                   BLADE OUT AGAINST HIS CHEEK.
                I”SURPRISR,LITTLE BLUEZi” SHE SAID.HE JUMPED UP AND GRABBED HIS
            GtJ]~.SHE THREW THE K&IVE OUT THE WINDOW AND CRUPPLEK TO THE FLOOR.
                “DON’T DO THAT TO ME YOU SCARE MP3” SHE SOREAMED.HE TIED HER TO
            Th~ CHAIR THEN LEFT.~RER EYES SCANNED TOHE ROOM.A PHONE.SHE HOBBS
            OVE~R A LIFTED TIlE RECEIVER WITH HER MOUTH.ALTHOUGH GAGGED SHE ACCO
            MThISHED THAT TASK.SHE PICKED UP A PENCIL WITH HER TEETW AN]) DIAL])
            THE ~JMBERQF THE HOTEL.AFTKR THREE RINGS SOMEONEANSKRED.
              “~1ELLO 1” JAMIE ASKEDF,NO IT WAS RACHEL~ SHE SCANNED THE DIAL~A.U
            ANP PUNCHED 88322~..IT WAS MILLI VANILLI’~S GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE.
                ~‘H3LLOW’ RACHEL ASKED AGAIN.SHE PUNCHED THE NUMBERS AGAIN.
            “DUi~1N ,DUNN ,DUN ~DUN, DUNN ,DUNN, DUUN ,DUNN DUNNNN , “~ RACHEL REPEATED.
            THEN AFTER A MOMENT.
               I    “MILLII” MILLI PUNCHED THREE THREE TIMES.
            “DOtES THAT MEAN YES?” SHE ASKEIXMILLI PUNCHED THREE THREE TIMES A~
            AGA~N.
                   “MILLI ARE YOU GAGGED’?” MILLI DIALED AGAIN.
            “WH~RE ARE YOU?t~” RAUHEL ASKED.MILIJI LOOKED ~UT THE WINDOW.LAMBERT
            DRIVE .SHE PUNCHED MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.THEN SESAME STREETS SONG.
               ~‘MARY~ BIRD ,J~ARY~’ GROVER, LAMB TELLEY, LAMB ERNIE? LAMR~ BERT ~ LAMER
         ~  DRIfrE~” MILLI PUNCHED THREE BUTTONS.
                “IN AN APAR~XNT?” MILLI DIALED AGAIN.
                I “I’LL BE RIGHT THERE.” FOR AN HOUR MILLI WAITED.UNTIL RA.CHJ
            HELPS FAMIALIAR FACE POPPED IN THE BROKEN DOOR FOLLOWED BY JESSE.
               “~DH ,MILLIL” SHE EXCLAIMED UNDOING MILLI’S ROPES .MILLI RUBBED HER
            RAW WRISTS SWEARING TO JESSE.
              ~E’S TRICKY.I TOLD HIM I WAS A DRUG DEALER,YCU WEPE MY DEALERS.
            HE ZNTRUPTED A SALE.” RACHEL PATTED MILLI’S BACK.
         __     “A CLASS LYING.DAZ MY GIRL.”
            “WK~IL,TO GET OIYT OF HERE WE NEED SOME SERIOUS AMTh!O.I’LL SNEAK CUT
            ThE’ FIRE ESCAPE,MEET ME DOWN THEREINT HALF AN HOUR..NO SOONER NC
                    HE KISSED EACH THEIR FORHEADS AND SLIPPED OUTSIDE.RACHEL