Chapter Nineteen
Ante Up
The weeks extended into months and I stayed mostly at the farm, continuing to take care of my own business and going to the farm instead of home most nights. On several occasions, I took one of the girls with me to work, leaving her secure and gagged in the back of the crew cab while I worked, then removing her at my humble house for an evening of uninterrupted excitement at home. Barney made trips back and forth to Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Rome and London. Wherever it was that he went, he usually returned with goodies for everyone; bangles and nice jewelry for the women, an expensive Hermes neck tie for me, and of course, always something special for Ellen. He knew her favorite things, like the one hard-to-find perfume she was always running out of, and the
