Reading from the report, Detective Johnson read one part aloud, "'...she was naked, it was torture...,' you get that from the song?"
"What song sir?" the younger officer asked.
"Clapton, you know... Cream? From Disraeli Gears, late sixties, early seventies. You know, 'I was naked, it was torture...'."
"Uh, no, not sure where you're coming from here."
"Forget it. I guess you're too young. Anyway, let's go over this from the beginning, okay?"
"Well, seems the victim had met the guy over the internet and over the period of several months, they got to know each other, meeting in chat rooms. Over time, the conversations got more and more intimate, progressing to conversations on the phone, even some vid-cam stuff."
"First face to face meeting?"
"Yes, she says she planned to just have dinner with him, but after a few drinks, things seemed okay."
"Did she have a safe call arranged?"
"Safe call?"
"Yes, a safe call. A friend she's to contact during the scene, to confirm she is safe."
"Scene sir?"
"Yes, scene, their rendezvous... when they got together."
"I don't know."
"Look, go back and talk to her again. Ask her if she arranged a safe call and while you're at it see if she and the perp had a safe word worked out."
"Safe word?"
"Yeah, safe word, it's... it's... just ask her if they had worked out a safe word. And Detective, when she answers, 'No,' I want you to just shake your head back and forth. Damn, she's lucky to be alive."
When the young detective left the room Johnson picked up the phone and dialed home. "Hi hon, I'm gonna be a little late today. We got another SM abandonment here.
"No, no, the woman is fine this time, a maid checked the room shortly after the guy left.
"Yeah, real sloppy, just like before. Anyway, give me an hour and a half and I'll be getting home.
"You'll be ready? Good, see you then."
Hanging up the phone he noticed the detective had returned. He motioned him to come in and then got ready to hear what he already knew.
"No safe call, no safe word, just like you said."
"Damn idiot, this clown has now idea."
"The victim?"
"The victim too, but I'm talking about the perp. Look, fill me in on the details and we'll file the report. When we're done, see if you can get an artist in to see her. Maybe she'll get us a better picture of who we're dealing with."
"Well, like I said, they started with dinner and then after a few drinks they went back to his hotel room. Once there they had sex..."
"Do you have some more specifics? All the details are important."
"Well, the victim said he put something on her, like a harness or something. It had something that went into her mouth, kind of choked her a bit. He also pushed a dildo or something into her ass, had like a tail on it. He then rode her around the room, if I heard her right."
"You heard right, she was his "ponygirl."
"Ponygirl?"