The Artist woke Susan up and untied her from the toilet. But then he quickly got to work wrapping her in rope. He told her sit on the floor. He tied a length of rope tightly around her ankles and up her shins and then bent her legs bent in front of her. He wrapped the rope around her waist, binding her feet to her body. He continued by wrapping rope around her thighs and shins and then around her upper thighs and knees so her legs were tightly pinned to her body. He continued those ropes around her waist and back and over and around her breasts so she was bundled tight. He bound her wrists behind her back and strapped her arms to her sides with more rope. He toppled her over onto her knees and tied several more ropes around her trussed body to form a handle behind her. He forced her mouth open and placed a black ball gag inside and strapped it around her head. He picked her bound body up by the rope handle and carried her through the house and out the front door to a black sedan parked in the driveway. He popped open the trunk and laid her down inside. He smiled at her as he slammed the trunk shut and plunged her into darkness.
The woman heard the car start and felt it pull away down the long drive. Susan bounced around in the trunk as the car sped up as The Artist pulled onto the freeway. Susan finally felt the car slowing down and come to a stop. She heard the car door open and slam shut but The Artist did not open the trunk. The girl lay in the trunk for what seemed like hours as she heard cars going by and voices near her. She longed to scream out or kick or pound on the hood, but her movement was very limited by all the ropes. It was getting quite hot in the cramped compartment and Susan was sweating by the time the man returned. Finally she heard the trunk release and saw light pouring in as the trunk opened. She looked up and could see she was in the parking lot of a home improvement store. She wondered if anyone could see her naked body bundled in the car trunks. The Artist dropped packed several heavy bags in the trunk around her and then slammed the trunk lid shut again.
The man backed the car out of its parking space and Susan could feel him making a few sharp turns before heading back on the freeway. The Artist stopped at a fast food restaurant on the way home and Susan could hear the muffled sound of the restaurant loudspeaker as he ordered. If she could have screamed, she would have, but the gag held her tight.
Finally the man returned to the house and pulled the sedan up the long driveway and parked. The Artist opened the trunk and began unloading the bags, leaving the lid open as he did so. Susan squirmed to see if she could get herself free, but she was bound too tight. She tried to sit up in hopes a passing car might see her, but no one came down the long road and she couldn't really move anyway.
Finally The Artist returned and lifted her out of the trunk. Instead of carrying her into the house, though, he instead took her around the back to the patio.
The man led Susan over to wooden platform he had constructed. There was a wooden box about a foot wide made of plywood that sat on top of two-by-six planks. Around this box had been constructed another plywood box several inches away. On two sides of both boxes were upright pieces of plywood taller than the box with holes cut in them. In the front and back, there were half-moon cut-outs, one larger than the other. At the rear of the box were two long wooden strips with wood sides and no tops.