

Olivia Madison and Randy Moore indeed sat trussed-up on those same chairs, which were secured back-to-back by ropes circling their naked bodies; their mouths were covered by X-shaped duct-tape gags and the binoculars that had been mockingly hung over her shoulder dangled between Randy's bare breasts. When challenges to the rope-network once again proved ineffectual, they edged the chairs with difficulty close to the windows, then made themselves visible by pushing the curtains aside with their heads and shoulders. Randy and Olivia had earlier attempted to watch a suspicious man's activities through the glass panes that now gave them hope for rescue.