When Ashley began her dubious investigation, she never imagined it would lead to such a stark tableau: She and Scarlett curled up separately in naked bondage on couches just a few feet apart. Ashley mumbled a barely audible apology for their plight through her tape-gag to the apprehensive Scarlett; tightly knotted coils of rope defied their vigorous contortions. When Ashley slipped off her couch and tried to move closer to Scarlett, even the slight chance of escape was negated by hogties that left the defeated girls facing each other in mirror images of despair.