When he pushed the manacles onto the rod a click was heard as the locking ring took hold.When he pushed the manacles onto the rod a click was heard as the locking ring took hold. Ally's hands were firmly attached to the head rest. Alex then looked into Ally's eyes and smoothed her hair. He could see she was scared but she could talk freely and ask to leave if she wanted to . She remained silent. "Listen to me Ally. In a moment we are going to begin fitting your mouth. When we do , of course, you won't be able to talk. As I said before, if you want, you can end this right up until Midnight on the day of your voyage. We must give you a way of telling us that you want to stop. So we'll use what we call an SOS signal. If it gets too much for you and you want to end it, grunt three times fast like this. Ugggh..Ugggh...Ugggh. Then we'll stop, allow you to get dressed and take you home. Otherwise we'll continue. Understand?" asked Alex. "Uh huh", she said. "God I'm so scared," Ally said. Alex looked at her and wiped a tear from her cheek. "Do you want to stop?" he asked. "No, do it!" she demanded. Alex patted Ally on the forehead. "OK, good," Alex said. Alex then took the fingers of his left hand and gently rested them on Ally's forehead. As he did so Susan picked up a small electronic box with a wire running into a plug on the back of the table and handed it to Alex. Alex pressed one of the buttons and watched as the headrest began to tilt down. |