He held his breath, listened for snoring, heard it, and breathed a sigh of relief. If Brandon was caught now, he’d have to explain being on hands and knees, in the centre of the room, with a pair of boxer briefs shackled around his feet. Bare knees cracked hard onto lacquered floorboards. His feet shuffled in tiny steps, pawing at the floor, until he realised they touched nothing but air. He stumbled forward, flailing his arms in reach of anything to break a fall. Like an elasticised foot noose, it tightened into a restraint. Something snatched around his left ankle and right toe.

Somewhere, strewn across those noisy floorboards, Brandon’s clothes beckoned. Thankfully, the one who remained in bed hadn’t woken and foiled getaway plans. The steady rattle of a snore comforted him. … uck!' He finished the cuss in a pained whisper.Īt least capture had been averted and Brandon soldiered on. ' Ffffff… Brandon buckled in agony, slapping his hands over his crotch after a chair introduced itself to his penis. A precision line of aftershave bottles clattered onto a dressing table surface. Floorboards creaked in protest, as though set to booby-trap an absconder. A treacherous journey toward the door was fraught with hidden dangers. Hidden from view, in the midnight abyss of a darkened bedroom, clothes lay taunting their fleeing owner. Please visit for novels available in paperback and information on new releases, works in progress, and contact details. Apart from any fair dealing under the Copyright Act, no portion of this book may be reproduced without written permission from the author.

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