What are we going to do about John?" Roger turned dead-serious.What are we going to do about John?" Roger turned dead-serious. "I don't know. Would you prosecute?" "Well, to some extent I have the same problem as Janice: where's the evidence? You rescued me, of course, but all of the para- phernalia here is mine -- and that's a pretty strong defense. We'd need to get more evidence." Roger paused. "Can we frighten him, maybe even punish him enough to make him stay away?" "I doubt it -- and in any event I will not be a party to that sort of violence." Roger seemed to sigh in relief as I contin- ued, "Hmm -- if we did manage to get some more evidence, could we use it for blackmail instead? Neither of us wants our proclivi- ties known." I blushed; I'd been fidgeting with the remains of the handcuff the way I do with bracelets, treating it almost as if it belonged there. Roger noticed, and laughed. "Whatever do you mean by that?" he asked, as he pulled the two chain remnants close together. |