Believing that Sera and Reyna would cause no more trouble, the calculating grifter permitted them to sit on the bed, although they were still trapped in rope, gagged with duct-tape and had lost their panties. At first, they twisted quietly side-by-side but, still determined to escape, they squirmed back-to-back to tug at the knots pinning each other's wrists. Their nemesis hadn't entirely ignored Reyna and Sera, however, so before success was possible, he added restrictive waist-ankle links that folded their legs and left them curled up on their hips and struggling awkwardly.