No more Mr. Nice Guy, resolved the cruel man, who ordered Lily to strip, then taped her hands behind her back as she stood naked and shivering. Quickly tape-gagged, Lily knelt meekly on the floor until he nudged the silenced prosecutor onto her stomach so he could pin her ankles together. The predatory thug hovered over his prey, enjoying her nude contortions, before he intervened to wrap several more coils of tape above and below her knees.