Beauty and The Best - Church Group (MF/Fmf)
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:23 pm
“With your father at the church all day,” Trixie Dean said, “I will need your help to keep the other kids amused today – a film for the girls and some games for the boys, all right?”
Carl, Rhona and Bill Dean slowly nodded as they looked at their mother. Bill was fifteen, and was wearing a grey shirt, jeans and brown shoes, while ten-year-old Bill was wearing a brick red shirt with his jeans and brown shoes. By contrast, thirteen-year-old Rhona was wearing a long sleeved light pink Victorian style dress and knee length brown suede boots.
Their mother had long blonde hair and was wearing a red and black floral print shirt dress with knee length caramel coloured leather boots. As the wife of the Pastor, she knew there were certain things she had to do – and one was this day, when she and the other leaders of the Women’s Ministry had to have a planning meeting.
“All right then,” she said as she looked at them, “they should be arriving soon – actually, that might be them now,” she said as she heard the knock on the door, and walked to the front door as the children talked quietly to each other.
As she opened the door, she said “hello – can I help you?”
“I do believe you can – kindly allow us to come in.”
Trixie slowly walked back, staring at the young man and woman who walked in. They were barely older than Carl, the young man wearing a black jumper, pants and trainers, the young woman wearing a tight black sweater, leggings and over the knee black fabric boots – as well as black leather gloves on their hands, black woollen hats on his dark and her blonde hair – and black eye masks, the skin noticeably darker under the openings.
She could also see the gun in the gloved hand of the manas the woman closed the door, and said “forgive us for calling unannounced, but we are taking up a collection and would love for you to contribute.”
“A collection – for what?”
“Us,” the young man said as the woman put down the bag she was carrying, removed a length of rope and walked behind Trixie. Taking her hands behind her back and securing them together. “Who else is home at the moment?”
“MY children – oh dear Lord, please, don’t…”
“Relax – what’s your name?”
“Trixie... Trixie Dean... My husband is…
“
“Pastor of Heavenly Gathering Church,” the man said, “and we know he is there all day. We also know you are expecting guests, so remain calm, do as we say, and everyone gets to have fun. Let’s go in and join the children, shall we?”
As the room door opened, Carl looked over and then stood up as his mother walked in and a young, masked couple walked in behind her.
“Hello,” the masked woman said, “you can call me Beauty, and this is the Best. Whatever plans you had for today are, I am afraid, on hold – we are robbing your parents, and that means we have to keep you all secure and quiet.”
“But our friends…”
“Will be the same as you,” Best said as he looked at the young girl. “Let me guess – you are Rhona, you are Carl, and this young man here is Bill?”
All three nodded as Trixie said, “do what they say, all of you – I don’t think they will hurt us if we cooperate.”
As they nodded, Beauty took more ropes in her gloved hands and walked behind them, taking their hands behind their backs and securing their wrists together before she helped them to sit down and secured their ankles as well. Best helped their mother to sit down and said “Just remain calm, do as we say, everyone stays just fine. Beauty, I would be grateful if you would ensure these fine young children cannot give the game away to their friends.”
“Mum, I’m scared…”
“I know,” Trixie said to Rhona as she watched Beauty peel a length of white tape from a roll and press it over Bill’s mouth, “just be brave and stay calm.” The masked woman then gagged her older children as Best said, “as others arrive you can greet them – and then they get to be just like them.”
“And after that?”
“We’ll deal with that when everyone is – ah,”
Carl, Rhona and Bill looked at each the as the doorbell rang again, Best helping their mother to stand up as Beauty put a gloved finger to her lips, and they looked to the doorway…
“Carla – come on in, we’re just getting started.”
Trixie stood back as the door opened and her fellow leader, Carla Lane, walked in. The woman had long auburn hair and was wearing a white blouse with a thin black check, and black leggings tucked into short black suede boots. She was followed by an eleven year old girl, wearing a pink blouse with the sleeves rolled back from her wrist, black jeans and her own black Ugg boots, and a ten year old boy who was wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans and black trainers – as well as a shocked expression as the door was closed and he saw the masked man standing there, holding a gun a she said “hello – now please don’t call out - we are in charge here for the moment, and that means all three of you do as we say.”
“Trixie?”
“We’re being robbed,” her friend said as the man smiled, and a masked woman looked out from the main room.
“And who do we have here?”
Carla shivered as she said, “oh my god – Heather, Joshua, do what they say all right?” She felt her children squeeze her hands as they walked in, before Joshua said “oh my…”
“Hllhhljdh,” Bill said as he wriggled on the couch, the two new arrivals feeling the woman take their hands behind their back as Best began to bind Carla’s wrists behind her back as well.
“Where is your phone?”
“In my handbag…”
“And those of your children?”
“I – I do not allow them a phone.”
Best looked at them and then nodded as the two children joined the other three on the couch, sitting down and watching as Beauty secured their ankles, and then pressed the white tape down over their mouths.
“Mhmmhthfhllshfnhhh.”
“I… I can imagine, Joshua,” Carla said as she was walked over to an armchair and sat down, Beauty coming over and beginning to bind her ankles as well while Trixie said, “just remain calm, that way we will all get through this.”
“What do they want?”
“I’m not sure – yet – we can talk later,” Trixie said, Carla nodding as the tape was pressed down over her mouth, and then watching Heather as she wriggled off the couch, jumped over, and sat herself on her mother’s lap, her head against Carla’s chest as she looked up, then smiling under the tape as Carla pressed her taped lips on her forehead.
“Ah – another visitor,” Beauty said as she helped Trixie to stand up, the children trying to talk to each other as they made their way to the front door and Beauty opened it.
“Hey Trixie – any chance of a coffee?”
“You’d better come in before I answer,” Trixie said as a woman and her nine-year-old daughter came in. The woman had short blonde hair and was wearing a green jacket over a white blouse and black pants the legs of the pants tucked into knee length brown leather boots. Her daughter had a pink bow in her hair and was wearing a dark pink tunic dress with a pattern of toys on it, blue tights and red mid-calf cloth boots with a crepe sole. She smiled a sshe came in and then cried out “MUMMY!” as the door closed and she saw the masked woman.
“Annie, Zara,” Trixie said quietly, “I’m sorry, you’ve walked into a robbery…”
Annie looked at the masked woman as she said, “my name is Beauty – and what is your name, young lady?”
“Zara – why are you wearing a mask?”
“Well,” Beauty said as she squatted down and looked at him, “Mummy’s friend is right – my friend and I are robbing her, and that means we have to keep you and all the others nice and quiet in one place. Now, I don’t want you to be scared, but you will be just like the others, all right?”
As Zara nodded, Annie said “a robbery? So your wrists…”
“Are bound behind my back,” Trixie said as Zara turned round and let Beauty cross and secure her wrists together behind her back. She then stood up as Annie looked at her daughter and made sure her mother’s wrists were secured together behind her back as well.
“Your phone?”
Annie looked to the side as Beauty saw where she had dropped her handbag and picked it up before she escorted them into the front room - Annie seeing Best as he said, “sit down please,” while the doorbell rang again. Beauty collected more lengths of cord from the bag and took Trixie back out, opening the door as their host took a deep breath and said, “come on in – I’ve got a surprise for all of you.”
“Thanks,” an older woman said as four people came in. She had long dark hair, and was wearing a V-necked white top, black pants and brown Chelsea boots. The oldest girl looked to be about the same age as Carl and was wearing a dusky pink cardigan buttoned up the front, ripped jeans and knee length black leather boots. The other girl was thirteen, wearing a white fur vest over a grey speckled dress, and brown cowboy style boots. Finally there was an eleven-year-old boy, wearing a blue shirt over a white t-shirt, jeans, brown shoes – and a scared expression as Beauty closed the door.
“Ah – the last arrivals.”
The new quartet looked to the door as Best looked out, and Trixie said “please, do as they say – the others are all in the front room…”
“What are your names,” Best said as she looked at the mother and oldest girl.
“I’m Fiona, this is Janice0 who are you?”
“You may call me the Best – my friend Beauty. Beauty, hand then each a length of the cord.”
“Why,” Janice said.
“I need you and your mother,” Best said with a smile, “to make sure the wrists of your brother and sister are secured tightly together behind their backs, and then while I take them in Beauty will take care of both of you.”
Fiona looked at Trixie, who nodded as she said, “we don’t have a choice – out your handbags down, and do as he says.”
As Janice took the rope, she stood behind her sister and said “Tammy, we need to do as he says – I won’t hurt you.”
“You as well, Richard,” Fiona said as she stood behind her son, the two of them looking at each other as Beauty collected the handbag of Fiona; and watched them securing their wrists.
As Janice tied the rope off, Beauty said “Good – now give me your mobile phone as well, and let your mother tie your wrists together behind your back.”
“How does it feel,” she said a sshe looked at Richard and Tammy. They nodded as she felt her mother winding the rope round her own wrists behind their back, before that was pulled tighter, and she wriggled her fingers.
“So, everyone else is tied up and gagged?”
“Yes…”
“Even Carl?”
Trixie put her head to one side as she looked at Janice, and then nodded as she said, “want to see?”
“Come on in,” Beauty said as she escorted the three children into the room, Carl blushing a she said “hlllhhjhnhs…”
“Well, don’t you look – different,” Janice said as she looked at Carl and smiled as she and her brother and sister were made to sit on the floor in front of the couch, watching as Beauty secured their ankles together and then taped over their mouths as Fiona was brought in.
She sat in the third armchair as he saw Janice look up at Carl and smile under the tape gag, before she too was gagged and her legs secured.
“So, what’s going to happen now?”
“Well,” Best said as he stood with Trixie, “this fine lady and I need to do a tour of the house. Beauty, perhaps we can arrange something for the children to keep them amused.”
The group looked at each other as Beauty turned the television on, Trixie walking up the stairs as she said, “can I ask one - no, two questions?”
“Of course?”
“Why do this?”
Best looked at her as they reached the top of the stairs, before he said, “your husband is a pastor – you do what you can to help those in need in the area, true?” Trixie nodded as Best said “Well, some of us – including me and Beauty – need more help than even a church as generous as yours can provide. When you come from where Beauty and I come from, you have to make your own way and do what you need to do to survive – so if it helps, think of contributing to our specific needs with your generosity.”
Trixie looked at him as they entered the master bedroom, before she said “we do not have much…”
“No – but your friends will contribute as well, even if they do not want to.”
“If I talk to them, they may be less – unwilling?”
Best nodded as he said, “very well then – where do we look?”
“They are threatening and robbing us – to survive?”
“That’s what he said,” Trixie said a sshe sat round the kitchen table with Fiona, Annie and Carla sat with her, watching Beauty as she placed tray sin the oven. They had jumped into the kitchen to prepare food for the children, leaving them all with Best as they watched a film, and the masked woman had removed their gags and re-tied their wrists together in front of themselves while they held mugs of coffee.
“You seriously need to do this to live?”
“We are the lucky ones – we can do this,” Beauty said as she turned round, “we do not like that we have to do this, but we have to survive as well.”
The four women looked at each other as Fiona said, “I guess we do live too sheltered a life at times.”
“Just open your eyes and look through his eyes – as a teacher once told me, unless you walk a mile in my shoes, you will never fully understand.”
“I guess not,” Fiona said quietly. “So, what happens after they have eaten?”
“We need to ensure we can get safely away,” Beauty said. “When is your husband due to return home?”
“Not until ate – all our husbands are coming here. Why?”
“Good – tell me,” Beauty said a sshe looked at Trixie, “is your son attracted to Janice?”
Trixie looked at Fiona, who smiled as she said, “you must have seen that on Sundays – why do you ask?”
“Making a note for later…”
As the children took food from the platters, their mothers watch from their seats on the two smaller couches as Best secured their legs together below their knees, and then passed longer ropes round their upper bodies, forcing their arms against their sides and then tying ropes from their wrists to those holding their legs together below their knees.
As they looked at each other, Beauty folded cloths and pushed them into each of their mouths, before pressing wide strips of white micropore tape down over their faces, the shape of their lips clearly visible underneath.
“Wow Mum,” Tammy said a sshe looked at Fiona, “you look -different.”
“Shwhwhluhshhn,” Fiona mumbled as Beauty looked at Carl and Janice. “Have you two had enough?”
“Why?”
Beauty smiled a sshe said “come over here – we need to secure you two first, so stand with your hands behind your back.”
The two of them stood up and walked over as Beauty used the ropes to secure their wrists together behind their backs, the two of them looking at each other before shew took longer ropes and wrapped them round their bodies, forcing their arms against their sides as the bands framed their chests.
“Hey – you look – different as well,” Carl said a she looked at Janice.
“So do you,” Janice said as she put her head on Carl’s shoulder, the younger children and their mothers looking at them.
“Thlldduh,” Fiona said a sshe looked at Trixie,
“But – nice different,” Carl said as he rubbed his head on Janice’s.
“You say the nicest things…” Janice turned her head to look at Carl before Beauty said, “all right – sit back-to-back.”
As the two of them sat down, they held each other’s hands as they watched Best kneel down and secure their ankles, as well as their legs below their knees - and then he tied rope round their stomachs to hold them together, before pushing folded cloths into their mouths and then covering them with the white tape.
“Carl and Janice, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…”
They turned their heads and looked at Bill and Richard as Best took their hands behind their backs, Beauty walking over and starting to bind the wrists of the three girls behind their backs as well, before longer ropes were used to secure the arms of each of them to their sides.
They giggled as they saw Bill, Richard and Joshua with their arms forced against their sides, and then they were helped to lie face down on the floor, the girls watching as Best secured Bil’s ankles and legs together, then bent his ankles back and secured them to his chest ropes. He did the same to the other two boys, before he pushed folded cloths into their mouths and covered them with tape.
They looked at each other as Beauty helped the three girls to sit on the couch and secured their ankles and legs, the three of them twisting their legs round and hearing the squeaking sound before they were gagged in the same way as the others, Beauty and Bets looking at them before he looked out of the window.
“Time to go – sit still and quiet, your dads and husbands should be back soon,” Best said as the masked duo picked up their bag and left, the boys twisting on the floor as Carl felt Janice’s head on his and felt the squeeze on his fingers. He was going to keep her safe, whatever happened…
Carl, Rhona and Bill Dean slowly nodded as they looked at their mother. Bill was fifteen, and was wearing a grey shirt, jeans and brown shoes, while ten-year-old Bill was wearing a brick red shirt with his jeans and brown shoes. By contrast, thirteen-year-old Rhona was wearing a long sleeved light pink Victorian style dress and knee length brown suede boots.
Their mother had long blonde hair and was wearing a red and black floral print shirt dress with knee length caramel coloured leather boots. As the wife of the Pastor, she knew there were certain things she had to do – and one was this day, when she and the other leaders of the Women’s Ministry had to have a planning meeting.
“All right then,” she said as she looked at them, “they should be arriving soon – actually, that might be them now,” she said as she heard the knock on the door, and walked to the front door as the children talked quietly to each other.
As she opened the door, she said “hello – can I help you?”
“I do believe you can – kindly allow us to come in.”
Trixie slowly walked back, staring at the young man and woman who walked in. They were barely older than Carl, the young man wearing a black jumper, pants and trainers, the young woman wearing a tight black sweater, leggings and over the knee black fabric boots – as well as black leather gloves on their hands, black woollen hats on his dark and her blonde hair – and black eye masks, the skin noticeably darker under the openings.
She could also see the gun in the gloved hand of the manas the woman closed the door, and said “forgive us for calling unannounced, but we are taking up a collection and would love for you to contribute.”
“A collection – for what?”
“Us,” the young man said as the woman put down the bag she was carrying, removed a length of rope and walked behind Trixie. Taking her hands behind her back and securing them together. “Who else is home at the moment?”
“MY children – oh dear Lord, please, don’t…”
“Relax – what’s your name?”
“Trixie... Trixie Dean... My husband is…
“
“Pastor of Heavenly Gathering Church,” the man said, “and we know he is there all day. We also know you are expecting guests, so remain calm, do as we say, and everyone gets to have fun. Let’s go in and join the children, shall we?”
As the room door opened, Carl looked over and then stood up as his mother walked in and a young, masked couple walked in behind her.
“Hello,” the masked woman said, “you can call me Beauty, and this is the Best. Whatever plans you had for today are, I am afraid, on hold – we are robbing your parents, and that means we have to keep you all secure and quiet.”
“But our friends…”
“Will be the same as you,” Best said as he looked at the young girl. “Let me guess – you are Rhona, you are Carl, and this young man here is Bill?”
All three nodded as Trixie said, “do what they say, all of you – I don’t think they will hurt us if we cooperate.”
As they nodded, Beauty took more ropes in her gloved hands and walked behind them, taking their hands behind their backs and securing their wrists together before she helped them to sit down and secured their ankles as well. Best helped their mother to sit down and said “Just remain calm, do as we say, everyone stays just fine. Beauty, I would be grateful if you would ensure these fine young children cannot give the game away to their friends.”
“Mum, I’m scared…”
“I know,” Trixie said to Rhona as she watched Beauty peel a length of white tape from a roll and press it over Bill’s mouth, “just be brave and stay calm.” The masked woman then gagged her older children as Best said, “as others arrive you can greet them – and then they get to be just like them.”
“And after that?”
“We’ll deal with that when everyone is – ah,”
Carl, Rhona and Bill looked at each the as the doorbell rang again, Best helping their mother to stand up as Beauty put a gloved finger to her lips, and they looked to the doorway…
“Carla – come on in, we’re just getting started.”
Trixie stood back as the door opened and her fellow leader, Carla Lane, walked in. The woman had long auburn hair and was wearing a white blouse with a thin black check, and black leggings tucked into short black suede boots. She was followed by an eleven year old girl, wearing a pink blouse with the sleeves rolled back from her wrist, black jeans and her own black Ugg boots, and a ten year old boy who was wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans and black trainers – as well as a shocked expression as the door was closed and he saw the masked man standing there, holding a gun a she said “hello – now please don’t call out - we are in charge here for the moment, and that means all three of you do as we say.”
“Trixie?”
“We’re being robbed,” her friend said as the man smiled, and a masked woman looked out from the main room.
“And who do we have here?”
Carla shivered as she said, “oh my god – Heather, Joshua, do what they say all right?” She felt her children squeeze her hands as they walked in, before Joshua said “oh my…”
“Hllhhljdh,” Bill said as he wriggled on the couch, the two new arrivals feeling the woman take their hands behind their back as Best began to bind Carla’s wrists behind her back as well.
“Where is your phone?”
“In my handbag…”
“And those of your children?”
“I – I do not allow them a phone.”
Best looked at them and then nodded as the two children joined the other three on the couch, sitting down and watching as Beauty secured their ankles, and then pressed the white tape down over their mouths.
“Mhmmhthfhllshfnhhh.”
“I… I can imagine, Joshua,” Carla said as she was walked over to an armchair and sat down, Beauty coming over and beginning to bind her ankles as well while Trixie said, “just remain calm, that way we will all get through this.”
“What do they want?”
“I’m not sure – yet – we can talk later,” Trixie said, Carla nodding as the tape was pressed down over her mouth, and then watching Heather as she wriggled off the couch, jumped over, and sat herself on her mother’s lap, her head against Carla’s chest as she looked up, then smiling under the tape as Carla pressed her taped lips on her forehead.
“Ah – another visitor,” Beauty said as she helped Trixie to stand up, the children trying to talk to each other as they made their way to the front door and Beauty opened it.
“Hey Trixie – any chance of a coffee?”
“You’d better come in before I answer,” Trixie said as a woman and her nine-year-old daughter came in. The woman had short blonde hair and was wearing a green jacket over a white blouse and black pants the legs of the pants tucked into knee length brown leather boots. Her daughter had a pink bow in her hair and was wearing a dark pink tunic dress with a pattern of toys on it, blue tights and red mid-calf cloth boots with a crepe sole. She smiled a sshe came in and then cried out “MUMMY!” as the door closed and she saw the masked woman.
“Annie, Zara,” Trixie said quietly, “I’m sorry, you’ve walked into a robbery…”
Annie looked at the masked woman as she said, “my name is Beauty – and what is your name, young lady?”
“Zara – why are you wearing a mask?”
“Well,” Beauty said as she squatted down and looked at him, “Mummy’s friend is right – my friend and I are robbing her, and that means we have to keep you and all the others nice and quiet in one place. Now, I don’t want you to be scared, but you will be just like the others, all right?”
As Zara nodded, Annie said “a robbery? So your wrists…”
“Are bound behind my back,” Trixie said as Zara turned round and let Beauty cross and secure her wrists together behind her back. She then stood up as Annie looked at her daughter and made sure her mother’s wrists were secured together behind her back as well.
“Your phone?”
Annie looked to the side as Beauty saw where she had dropped her handbag and picked it up before she escorted them into the front room - Annie seeing Best as he said, “sit down please,” while the doorbell rang again. Beauty collected more lengths of cord from the bag and took Trixie back out, opening the door as their host took a deep breath and said, “come on in – I’ve got a surprise for all of you.”
“Thanks,” an older woman said as four people came in. She had long dark hair, and was wearing a V-necked white top, black pants and brown Chelsea boots. The oldest girl looked to be about the same age as Carl and was wearing a dusky pink cardigan buttoned up the front, ripped jeans and knee length black leather boots. The other girl was thirteen, wearing a white fur vest over a grey speckled dress, and brown cowboy style boots. Finally there was an eleven-year-old boy, wearing a blue shirt over a white t-shirt, jeans, brown shoes – and a scared expression as Beauty closed the door.
“Ah – the last arrivals.”
The new quartet looked to the door as Best looked out, and Trixie said “please, do as they say – the others are all in the front room…”
“What are your names,” Best said as she looked at the mother and oldest girl.
“I’m Fiona, this is Janice0 who are you?”
“You may call me the Best – my friend Beauty. Beauty, hand then each a length of the cord.”
“Why,” Janice said.
“I need you and your mother,” Best said with a smile, “to make sure the wrists of your brother and sister are secured tightly together behind their backs, and then while I take them in Beauty will take care of both of you.”
Fiona looked at Trixie, who nodded as she said, “we don’t have a choice – out your handbags down, and do as he says.”
As Janice took the rope, she stood behind her sister and said “Tammy, we need to do as he says – I won’t hurt you.”
“You as well, Richard,” Fiona said as she stood behind her son, the two of them looking at each other as Beauty collected the handbag of Fiona; and watched them securing their wrists.
As Janice tied the rope off, Beauty said “Good – now give me your mobile phone as well, and let your mother tie your wrists together behind your back.”
“How does it feel,” she said a sshe looked at Richard and Tammy. They nodded as she felt her mother winding the rope round her own wrists behind their back, before that was pulled tighter, and she wriggled her fingers.
“So, everyone else is tied up and gagged?”
“Yes…”
“Even Carl?”
Trixie put her head to one side as she looked at Janice, and then nodded as she said, “want to see?”
“Come on in,” Beauty said as she escorted the three children into the room, Carl blushing a she said “hlllhhjhnhs…”
“Well, don’t you look – different,” Janice said as she looked at Carl and smiled as she and her brother and sister were made to sit on the floor in front of the couch, watching as Beauty secured their ankles together and then taped over their mouths as Fiona was brought in.
She sat in the third armchair as he saw Janice look up at Carl and smile under the tape gag, before she too was gagged and her legs secured.
“So, what’s going to happen now?”
“Well,” Best said as he stood with Trixie, “this fine lady and I need to do a tour of the house. Beauty, perhaps we can arrange something for the children to keep them amused.”
The group looked at each other as Beauty turned the television on, Trixie walking up the stairs as she said, “can I ask one - no, two questions?”
“Of course?”
“Why do this?”
Best looked at her as they reached the top of the stairs, before he said, “your husband is a pastor – you do what you can to help those in need in the area, true?” Trixie nodded as Best said “Well, some of us – including me and Beauty – need more help than even a church as generous as yours can provide. When you come from where Beauty and I come from, you have to make your own way and do what you need to do to survive – so if it helps, think of contributing to our specific needs with your generosity.”
Trixie looked at him as they entered the master bedroom, before she said “we do not have much…”
“No – but your friends will contribute as well, even if they do not want to.”
“If I talk to them, they may be less – unwilling?”
Best nodded as he said, “very well then – where do we look?”
“They are threatening and robbing us – to survive?”
“That’s what he said,” Trixie said a sshe sat round the kitchen table with Fiona, Annie and Carla sat with her, watching Beauty as she placed tray sin the oven. They had jumped into the kitchen to prepare food for the children, leaving them all with Best as they watched a film, and the masked woman had removed their gags and re-tied their wrists together in front of themselves while they held mugs of coffee.
“You seriously need to do this to live?”
“We are the lucky ones – we can do this,” Beauty said as she turned round, “we do not like that we have to do this, but we have to survive as well.”
The four women looked at each other as Fiona said, “I guess we do live too sheltered a life at times.”
“Just open your eyes and look through his eyes – as a teacher once told me, unless you walk a mile in my shoes, you will never fully understand.”
“I guess not,” Fiona said quietly. “So, what happens after they have eaten?”
“We need to ensure we can get safely away,” Beauty said. “When is your husband due to return home?”
“Not until ate – all our husbands are coming here. Why?”
“Good – tell me,” Beauty said a sshe looked at Trixie, “is your son attracted to Janice?”
Trixie looked at Fiona, who smiled as she said, “you must have seen that on Sundays – why do you ask?”
“Making a note for later…”
As the children took food from the platters, their mothers watch from their seats on the two smaller couches as Best secured their legs together below their knees, and then passed longer ropes round their upper bodies, forcing their arms against their sides and then tying ropes from their wrists to those holding their legs together below their knees.
As they looked at each other, Beauty folded cloths and pushed them into each of their mouths, before pressing wide strips of white micropore tape down over their faces, the shape of their lips clearly visible underneath.
“Wow Mum,” Tammy said a sshe looked at Fiona, “you look -different.”
“Shwhwhluhshhn,” Fiona mumbled as Beauty looked at Carl and Janice. “Have you two had enough?”
“Why?”
Beauty smiled a sshe said “come over here – we need to secure you two first, so stand with your hands behind your back.”
The two of them stood up and walked over as Beauty used the ropes to secure their wrists together behind their backs, the two of them looking at each other before shew took longer ropes and wrapped them round their bodies, forcing their arms against their sides as the bands framed their chests.
“Hey – you look – different as well,” Carl said a she looked at Janice.
“So do you,” Janice said as she put her head on Carl’s shoulder, the younger children and their mothers looking at them.
“Thlldduh,” Fiona said a sshe looked at Trixie,
“But – nice different,” Carl said as he rubbed his head on Janice’s.
“You say the nicest things…” Janice turned her head to look at Carl before Beauty said, “all right – sit back-to-back.”
As the two of them sat down, they held each other’s hands as they watched Best kneel down and secure their ankles, as well as their legs below their knees - and then he tied rope round their stomachs to hold them together, before pushing folded cloths into their mouths and then covering them with the white tape.
“Carl and Janice, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…”
They turned their heads and looked at Bill and Richard as Best took their hands behind their backs, Beauty walking over and starting to bind the wrists of the three girls behind their backs as well, before longer ropes were used to secure the arms of each of them to their sides.
They giggled as they saw Bill, Richard and Joshua with their arms forced against their sides, and then they were helped to lie face down on the floor, the girls watching as Best secured Bil’s ankles and legs together, then bent his ankles back and secured them to his chest ropes. He did the same to the other two boys, before he pushed folded cloths into their mouths and covered them with tape.
They looked at each other as Beauty helped the three girls to sit on the couch and secured their ankles and legs, the three of them twisting their legs round and hearing the squeaking sound before they were gagged in the same way as the others, Beauty and Bets looking at them before he looked out of the window.
“Time to go – sit still and quiet, your dads and husbands should be back soon,” Best said as the masked duo picked up their bag and left, the boys twisting on the floor as Carl felt Janice’s head on his and felt the squeeze on his fingers. He was going to keep her safe, whatever happened…
