Once the desperate executives had furnished humiliating entertainment for the vicious operatives holding them, Gina and Cadence were stripped to their skirts and stood tied, tape-gagged and barefoot against the bed's bottom rail. A feeble attempt to loosen each other's wrist bonds succeeded only in annoying their hosts, who attached them to the bed's headboard after an upgrade to wraparound tape-gags. Folded onto their hips, Cadence and Gina huddled together and waited for the rescuers they hoped were on the way.