Phoebe continued her illicit affair with her married boss.She made money from him because he gave her enough money to take care of herself. They often went on business trips and in such trips, hey had fun with each other. The man could never get enough of Phoebe and was not ready to give her up. Phoebe who had entered the relationship so as not to fail Richard, found that she enjoyed all the attention as well. And the money came in handy. Apart from Richard, she had material needs of her own that nobody cared to fulfill. She was the one taking care of everyone. It felt good being care for for a change but she still did not want to lose Richard. His lovemaking drove her wild. She felt that her body was used to his kind of sex that others fell short where his was concerned.

Whenever Phoebe went on such trips, Richard had time to be with as many of his female friends as he wanted. He prayed for more such trips in fact. Not just for the opportunity it accorded him to cruise with his girl uninhibited but Phoebe always came back from such trips loaded.Her boss must be very generous.

It was on one such occasions that Carol had seen him and he was going to teach that witch a lesson of her life.

Richard organized for a group of boys of questionable character to ambush her in a secluded area near a lake surrounded with mountainous hills,there they were to rap her.

She was on her way from somewhere one day, when she was abducted and taken to the arranged place and the boys were going to take turns with her. It didn't matter if she was raped to death. They had been paid handsomely for this and they were to get sexual satisfaction from it as well. It was not a bad deal at all.

When Carol saw what was going on and what the men had in store for her, adrenaline pumped I to her bloodstream,she was infused with a strength she did not know she possessed and fought like like a rabid dog.

How she did it, she could not really tell but she got the rag with which she was gaged out of her mouth and screamed. Her wail echoing through the hills.

Some young men who were not too far from there heard her cream and thought it must be some sea gulls or any other kind of animal. But when the scream came again and this time calling for help.

'Help me please, help meee'.

Then the sound was muffled. The young men came running towards the sound and after searching for a while, they were going to give up because the voice was no longer guarding them to where it came from but a movement caught their eye and they motioned on one another to keep quiet and moved stealthily towards the movement.

They going a young lady bound and gaged. She was in a state of half nudity. They untied her but before they could do anything further, they were attacked but they were mountain men and fought their attackers fiercely, the drugs the attackers had taken was already wearing off. They hadn't known that other girl would be this much trouble,else they would have asked for more money.

Seeing that they were overpowered,they ran off leaving the men with the helpless girl.

The young rescuers finished untying Carol and removed the gag from herouth.Her throat was patched but she managed to thank them.

'Are you alright?'

'I am now. If you hadn't come when you did,I do not know and do not want to imagine what would have happened to me. Thanks alot', she said.

'We were just being human and performing our duty to humanity. Anyone else could have done that'.

'You are mistaken. Not all would have risked their lives to save money and my dignity'.

'Don't think about that now. Hope you are not hurt in any way?'

'No just feeling a little cramped where I Was tied but I shall live,thanks to you'.

'Enough thanks for one night. If you can get up and walk, we shall accompany you away from this place. There may be more of such beasts who attacked you lurking around'.

Carol shivered and stood straight. She walked briskly as though trying to run away from that area.

The young men asked her what she had been doing there and she narrated to them how they had abducted her on her way from work and brought her there through some crooked path.

She asked their names.

'It would be impolite of me not to know the names of my rescuers'.

'I am Tim'.

'I am Mac' .

'And I am Palmer', the one who seemed to have done most of the job said.

He was staring at Carol strangely. Carol blushed and looked away. She liked him. This guy called Palmer.

'Snd what is yours?' he asked.

'I am Carol. Carol Pitts.

They got talking and his other two friends gave each other a sign that they should walk faster and give the couple a little privacy to get to know each other better.

Carol and Palmer exchanged contacts and addresses and promised to call each other.

By this time,they had got close to her house.

Coincidentally, Phoebe was coming towards them, she had gone to see Carol and tell her of her discussion with Richard but had not met her at home. She had tried calling her but her mobile was unavailable . She had waited a bit and was just on her way home when she met them.

They introduced themselves as Carol introduced Phoebe to them.

'Please take better care of your friend. She was nearly molested by a mob of drug addicts just now'.

'What?'

'Its okay. I was rescued by these young men. But for them, I might have been raped to death.But we can talk about all that later.

Thanks once more Tim, Mac and Palmer. Hoping to hear from you'.

They smiled at each other and Phoebe did not miss that. She was happy for her friend. She was finally going on with her life.

As soon as the young men left, Phoebe dragged Carol into her room after hastily unlocking the door.

'Tell me exactly what happened. Don't leave put any detail'. She Implored.

'There's not much more to tell. I was on my way back from work when I was abducted. I was taken unawares be ause I hadn't been expecting it. They gaged me, so my shouts was muffled. They took me through a path I cannot recall to a mountainous area and the five of them were going to take their turns with me. They said something about sharing the amount the person who sent then had given them. But when they started unzipping my cloths and theirs, I knew I had to do something. desperate situations called for desperate measures.

I did not know where the strength came from, maybe from the survival instinct. But I managed to get the gag out my mouth and screamed. They immediately clasped their hands overy mouth and we're going to strangle me. They removed their hands only when the Gaga was firmly in place again. But that split second when I screamed, alerted these young men who came running to my rescue.

The gang hid,leaving me alone as a trap and as soon as these young men got close, they jumped on them, fighting them. I was scared for them but they fought them off fiercely, beating them mercilessly until they ran off.

I wish I had been able to get the name of the person who wanted to do this to me'.

'Do you suspect anyone?'

'I have been going through my mind, thinking of who would want me dead or ruined. I cannot remember who I must have offended so much that they would want to do that to me'.

Phoebe could not believe it but her mind went straight to Richard. Could Richard had done this to Carol as a way of asserting his revenge on her for spilling the beans?

If he were indeed responsible, then it meant that what Carol had said was true. She didn't even want to consider that until she had found enough evidence but for now she would just play it by ear.

She also did not ask Carol if she thought Richard was responsible. They just spoke about other matters and Phoebe left now even mentioning the reason for which she came visiting.

A couple of days later,still carrying out her investigation, Phoebe lied to her boss lover that she was not feeling well and needed to visit the hospital for checkup and needed about two days absence from work.

'Do you need to ask? But I hope it is really a matter of your health and not that you are going to be with another man?' her boss had asked.

'Of course not. But thanks for giving me the permission'.

Phoebe told Richard her live in lover, that she was going on a business trip with her boss and Richard could not contain his excitement.

'That good. Go ahead!' he said and then caught himself at the look in her eyes.

'What I mean is that,it would not be good for you to refuse going on the trip. You could lose your job you know, and we do not want that's. He amended.

'Oh!' was all she said and prepared for the supposed trip.

She went and lodged in a hotel from where she disguised herself and spied on Richard and his activities.

She had hardly settled down to keep watch when she saw Richard, his arms round a pretty girl, going into their apartment.

She could not believe this. There must be another explanation, surely?

She waited for sometime but they did not come out. She was moved to go through the front door but held herself in check. They came out sometime later, with his arms still round her and she took snapshots of them.

She followed them and heard Richard telling the girl, when next they would meet and where.

After seeing her off, He called another girl presumably and from the discussion, she was angry that he had neglected her for long.

He told her that he was short of funds and that he had missed her.

Phoebe could not believe her ears.

They made arrangements and soon he and the other girl went to their rendezvous and she tagged along at a distance taking pictures and seething with jealous anger and bitterness.

What had she not done for this ingrate and he does this to her once her back was turned?

She felt that she had seen enough for the day. She was near bursting point. She would continue with her surveillance the following day. She went back to her hotel to eat and test.

The next day, the story was not much different except that he had actually spent the night with another different girl in her own bed.

She had left her surveillance and had not known that there had been a third girl or maybe this was even the fourth?

She could take it no longer but she still wanted to know how far he was going to go.

So afterwards, when he had seen the girl off and invited another to come at a given time with his goodies as he called it, Phoebe in her disguise, came out and knocked at the door.

He opened the door in his boxers.

'Hello pretty? How may I be of assistance to you?'

'I am actually new in this area and must have lost my way. Sorry but could you make me a cup of coffee, please?'

She had specifically requested for coffee because he made sure it was never lacking in the house since he was addicted to it'Of course do come in'.

He made her the coffee and started a conversation with her.

'Such a beauty like you should not have to go through difficulties. You must be employed somewhere, I think?'

'Yes, I am a doctor'.

'That's good but ate you comfortable being that?'

'What do you mean?'

'I mean in terms of the remuneration. Because if not, I can get you a lucrative job'.

Phoebe nearly laughed out loud. He was just too obvious but she could imagine how a naive and vulnerable female we ould fall into his trap.

'I have no complaints about my payments. And zi love caring for people. Medicine is my life's calling'.

'That's okay then. I would like for us to be friends. Real friends. You just said you have no one close to you here since you relocated recently to this area. I want to be your friend and all'.

'But won't your wife or girlfriend object?' she asked.

'I do not have a girlfriend. They previous girl ran off with my friend. So I am being careful. But you look trustworthy enough'.

They spoke at length with Phoebe getting angrier by the second.

She had to leave before she revealed her true identity to this cheat.

She promised to call back at a certain time the following day and they bade each other farewell.

Phoebe was recalled to the present by what Jason said that she had missed because of her flashback into her life.

'I'm sorry, what did you say?' she asked smiling winningly.

'I asked if you would like to dance with me?'

There was music playing and alot of couples were already taking to the dance floor. Jason also saw some ladies giving him the eye and knew that they were expecting him to dance with them but he would not have done anything about it except that he suddenly saw Sophie Palmer coming his way.

He knew that if he delayed, he would end up dancing with Sophie and that was not what he had in mind. The woman disgusted him. He knew her type and he had got enough of that type to last him a lifetime because she was exactly the same as his ex- wife.

'I thought you'd never ask', Phoebe smiled as they moved together to the dance floor.

It was walz and Phoebe was a good dancer.

When they had been together, Rebecca his wife, had made sure he perfected the act of dancing since she was the outgoing type and loved partying.

He had learnt it to please her not because of any interest in it but it had paid off anyhow.

He didn't want to think about her because it reminded him of her betrayal.

He didn't know hoe he had been able to survive it because it had been double edged. But life must go on. She must be someplace enjoying her life with her lover or maybe they were already married.

It felt like a stab in the chest but he quickly thought of something else,like the woman in his arms dancing.

He instinctively drew her close as though to shield his heart and Phoebe was glad that he was finally making a more intimate move.

She pressed herself closer to him and in spite of himself, he found himself reacting.

'Can we go outside for some air, this place has suddenly got too hot', he suggested.

Phoebe didn't want anything better. This was going better than she had envisaged it and she didn't do anything to bring it about.

They went out, into the garden and kept walking into the garden to a clear ground where they stood beside a tree talking.

Sally had seen them walk away and was glad that things were begining to move towards the positive.

She would soon leave and go back to her loving husband and children. She was sure they missed her just like she missed them.

She turned her attention to the other guests, the perfect hostess.

Jason did not know what had got into him but he knew that he needed to have a woman there and then. It would divert his thoughts from the hurt he felt when he had remembered his ex wife Rebecca and best friend Terry and their betrayal.

He tipped Phoebe's face up and kissed her. She responded with a vigour that took him by surprise. He had expected some form of resistance but that was not the case. He had no cause to complain.

He deepened the kiss.She moaned.

For for her sex toys, it had some time since she was with a man. After the show down there in London when she had finally confronted Richard and he had revealed to her his knowledge of her affair with her boss.

They both had created a scene but she did not want to think about it now and ruin her mood. She was enjoying herself too much for that.

They both tore of their clothes and fell on each other on the floor. It was dark and they knew that they wouldn't be found out where they were except of course someone had intentionally followed them or come looking for them or some other couple like them who wanted some privacy so that they could be intimate.

They were far gone but before he thrust into her, he hesitated.

'Are you sure?' he asked.

She nodded.

'I don't have protection'. he realised aloud.

'I am on the pill'.

'No strings attached?' he asked. He had to be sure she understood that she should not expect anything from him in terms of commitment.

'Will you talk the whole night? Of course, this is between two consenting adults. Must there be a commitment before we have a good time with each other?'

'I just don't want there to be any misunderstanding'. He said.

She guided his dick into her and the both of them were lost to the pleasure they were giving each other.

It was soon over. As he groaned and she cried out.

It had been efficient, mechanical, intense and perfunctory.

He got up when their laboured breathing had returned to normal. Dusted his clothes and start he'd his hands and helped her up.

She straightened her clothes and dusted some dry grass and sand off them and quickly put on her panties.

Jason put his short back on and buttoned it. It was missing a couple of buttons.

He knew that if he didn't want eye brows to be raised,he'd have to find another route to get into his house and that was through the back door.

He assessed Phoebe and found that she looked passable and excorted her to the front door but she refused going in. She did not know if she could enjoy the party after this.

'I'd rather go home. I am rather tired', she said.

Jason felt that it was a good decision and bade her farewell.

'Alright then, if that is what you really want. The party is almost over in any case and I shall see you soon, won't I?'

'Of course you shall. We are neighbours afterall. Goodnight'. She said walking away with her head held high.

Jason smiled and went back so that he could walk into his house through the back door with his blazer flung carelessly on his shoulder.

He felt that with the understanding he had with Phoebe, he could have a relationship with her with no strings attached. But Phoebe was thinking something else contrary to that. She was thinking how she was going to ensnare Jason so that he would have no choice but to make her his wife.