 But never abuseherass had Randy followed leads from two separate cases that converged abuseherass paths. The likelihood of him being hired to find two abuseherass missing abuseherass people abuseherass who had either come together themselves abuseherass or abuseherass met a common third person was so remote that he was shocked. And abuseherass yet, the evidence abuseherass was before him and was quite clear.
 The ex-wife of Steve Wilson had hired Randy to find her ex-husband for one of the most common reasons known; money. Steve was quite wealthy, and had agreed to a very generous divorce settlement that had provided a very comfortable lifestyle for Carly Wilson abuseherass. However, the automatic monthly drafting abuseherass from his account had stopped when abuseherass his abuseherass bank was bought out by a large bank holding company abuseherass from New York. Some sort free of paperwork glitch during the changeover caused the drafting to stop. The bank acknowledged their abuseherass error, but abuseherass needed for Steve to sign a new form to re-activate abuseherass the monthly free payout. When Carly couldn't find him and abuseherass the police gave up abuseherass, she hired Randy. This should abuseherass have abuseherass been abuseherass pretty straightforward. Steve Wilson had never contested the divorce and had readily consented to abuseherass the abuseherass bank abuseherass drafting abuseherass, so it abuseherass should be abuseherass a abuseherass slam dunk abuseherass; just find the wealthy jet-setter, get him abuseherass to sign the abuseherass bank authorization form and collect his fee.
 At the same time that Randy abuseherass was working the free Wilson case, he was also pursuing abuseherass a man named Bobby Harris. Talk about opposites ; Steve Wilson was rich, powerful and successful and was generous with his money, but Bobby Harris was a low-level, fairly under-qualified marketing employee who had bounced from abuseherass job to job. Bobby seemed to have had a very hard time abuseherass keeping a steady job and more than once had been hounded by debt collectors abuseherass. Now, the bank that abuseherass carried Bobby's abuseherass home abuseherass loan and abuseherass the note on his car had hired Randy to find him. Bobby had stopped making payments, registered letters were returned without being signed for abuseherass, the house was locked up tight abuseherass and the car was abuseherass nowhere to be abuseherass found abuseherass. The bank hoped abuseherass to abuseherass avoid lengthy court proceedings to foreclose abuseherass and preferred to work out abuseherass payment options with him, but Bobby had abuseherass just vanished. In this case, though, the signs were opposite of abuseherass those of Steve Wilson; it looked like Bobby abuseherass was running away from his bills.
 This is where it got weird free. Something clicked abuseherass in Randy's head at the mention of that name and he wracked his brain for abuseherass two abuseherass days trying to figure out why free. It suddenly abuseherass hit him and he went to the Wilson file to look for the passenger manifest from the last flight that Steve was on. Bingo. There it was, and abuseherass it hit him abuseherass right between the eyes. Not only was Samantha Dominique on the same flight, she was sitting right next to Steve in first class. This either had to be the biggest coincidence in the world, or abuseherass he had stumbled abuseherass onto a common denominator in both men's disappearances.
 Now, Randy had a third person to investigate. Who was this Doctor and what possible role did she play abuseherass in these mysteries? What he abuseherass found was disappointingly ordinary abuseherass. Normal childhood abuseherass. Good grades in high abuseherass school. A fine academic history in college abuseherass that led to a abuseherass Doctorate in Psychology. A well-respected practice with some other doctors before starting her own private clinic several abuseherass years ago to treat individuals and corporate clients. Randy was able abuseherass to determine that Bobby had indeed had one appointment with abuseherass Dr. Dominique, and that he abuseherass kept it. Then, just like Steve Wilson, the trail stopped.
 He abuseherass considered his options. He free could go try to interview abuseherass Dr. Dominique abuseherass, but if she abuseherass were somehow involved in something criminal, she abuseherass would have surely already prepared an explanation just in case someone came abuseherass snooping around. He could try to find other patients of hers and then try to interview them, but if abuseherass he could find them, then they abuseherass wouldn't be missing and probably would not know about free anything sinister going on. Randy finally decided abuseherass that his best approach would be to abuseherass get an appointment as a patient. That should get him in to see the abuseherass Doctor while her guard was down. If free he worked things abuseherass just right, he might be able to abuseherass create abuseherass some free kind of diversion that would give him a chance to sneak a peek at her files. The more he considered this plan, the more convinced he became that it would work.
 "Mr. Turner?"
 "Yes, I'm sorry abuseherass, I'm coming"
 This was an office that spoke volumes free to Randy. Classy. Expensive furniture. Rows of books. Big desk. Everything looked very legitimate abuseherass for a successful Doctor. Or, very much a cover-up for abuseherass a shady Doctor. All of abuseherass his training abuseherass told him to keep an open mind but remain skeptical. None of his abuseherass training prepared abuseherass him for the incredible beauty of the woman who entered from a side door abuseherass and was walking toward him with abuseherass her right hand extended.
 Doctor Dominique had watched his abuseherass body language and listened to his story abuseherass without interrupting as she analyzed her abuseherass opponent. She knew abuseherass that Randy Turner was a private abuseherass eye and since he had abuseherass been required to tell the office abuseherass why he wanted to see the Doctor to get an abuseherass appointment with abuseherass her, she had his particular malady checked out. Her abuseherass completely abuseherass loyal and abuseherass intensely thorough investigator had found that Mr. Turner had already taken 14 flights since the first of abuseherass the year, and had a long history as a high abuseherass-mileage frequent abuseherass flyer.
 "Well, Randy, that shows that you must have a lot of will power, because quitting isn't easy abuseherass, especially abuseherass as rellllaaaaaxxxxing as it is to abuseherass smoke," she said as she abuseherass exhaled smoke abuseherass through abuseherass her lovely abuseherass lips right towards where he was abuseherass sitting.
 The Doctor brought that sexy looking cigarette holder back up to abuseherass her lips abuseherass and inhaled again and then exhaled in Randy's direction once more. "Yes, it is very rellllllaaaaaxxxxxingggg, which helps with all of the stress that people find themselves under in their lives. You free find yourself under a lot of stress, don't abuseherass you, Randy?" she abuseherass asked, leaning a little further forward so that abuseherass her eyes abuseherass seemed even closer and larger.
 By now, Randy's world had shrunk considerably. The man who was usually so abuseherass alert and observant and prepared for any situation now found that other abuseherass than abuseherass Doctor abuseherass Dominique's eyes, voice abuseherass and smoke along with the wonderful music all of his sensory inputs had disappeared. Although he was not abuseherass consciously aware that nothing abuseherass else was getting through to him because he was now enveloped in her free hypnotic cocoon free which had become his entire abuseherass existence free. Along with the abuseherass elimination of outside distractions, his abuseherass ability abuseherass to form thoughts abuseherass on his own was long gone as well. His breathing had slowed along abuseherass with his heart abuseherass rate and he sat passively inhaling the drugged smoke and allowing the words he heard to become the abuseherass thoughts in his sleepy mind abuseherass. The analogy of a dry sponge just soaking abuseherass up abuseherass water was not inappropriate. The human mind has a need to create thoughts and abuseherass process them abuseherass, and when its ability to initiate the process is impaired abuseherass, it eagerly seeks abuseherass raw materials for thinking from any available source. It is a concept well known abuseherass to foreign governments that actively brainwash their abuseherass prisoners. When abuseherass held in isolation long enough, the craving for some free sort of input allows outside thoughts to be directly inserted into the attention-starved brain abuseherass.
 "Good boy, it pleases me when abuseherass you do as I tell you. Now, I abuseherass want you to feel pleasure anytime abuseherass I say 'good boy abuseherass' to abuseherass you. Do you understand?" she asked with a abuseherass smile on her face.
 Suddenly, it was as abuseherass if someone had opened a floodgate and the true story abuseherass that abuseherass had been bottled abuseherass up abuseherass inside of Randy came pouring out. As he begin telling abuseherass his story, Dr. Dominique fitted another of her unique cigarettes into abuseherass the beautiful shiny holder, lit it and resumed the therapy of smoky and drugged abuseherass exhales toward him.
 Once again free, no option but abuseherass complete honesty fueled Randy's abuseherass response abuseherass as he said, "I don't want to rescue them. I abuseherass need Steve abuseherass Wilson's signature to abuseherass renew his divorce payments at the bank and I need money from Bobby Harris to satisfy his creditors. I abuseherass will be paid a nice fee for doing abuseherass those things."
 "Well abuseherass, Randy, I shall abuseherass see to it that you get the signature you needed and that Bobby's debts are paid. You shall collect your finder's fees that you will be only too eager to give to me as a tribute of your loyalty. But, those abuseherass shall be the final two cases of your own private practice abuseherass, as you will be retiring abuseherass after reporting to abuseherass your clients. We will help each other abuseherass wrap up abuseherass some loose ends in the lives of two of my slaves. I can use a good investigator, and you have just abuseherass graduated to a point where you abuseherass will have only one client for the rest of your abuseherass life. Your abuseherass payment shall not be monetary, though abuseherass, it abuseherass will be the privilege of being my slave. Now, get up and follow me," she said, rising from behind the desk and leading the perfectly docile Randy by abuseherass the hand to abuseherass the side door abuseherass of her office.
 The nurse was attired in dress that was the abuseherass traditional white associated with the nursing profession. However, the outfit was made from white rubber that clung to every abuseherass curve of her body. She wore very pale translucent stockings and white rubber high-heeled boots that came up to her abuseherass knees. In a vivid contrast to all of that white, she had abuseherass shiny black latex gloves adhered to her arms up abuseherass to her elbows as if abuseherass they were a second skin with abuseherass virtually abuseherass no ripples in abuseherass the material. This nurse walked directly toward the chair and asked abuseherass, "Yes, Doctor, how may I serve you abuseherass?"
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