Determined to keep the three bound agents away from enquiring eyes, their ruthless opponent moved them away from the window-lit living-room and stashed them on the kitchen floor. As they squirmed in a narrow space, he delighted in gagging them one after the other with mouth-stuffing and duct-tape, then left them neatly trussed in their tight dresses and bare feet! After several minutes of fruitless writhing, adventurous Emma led her friends in edging slowly across the hardwood floor, but before she could come close to an exit, the gloating villain materialized to destroy their hopes.