Lena reached out to squeeze Jamie's shoulder while Thomas struggled with how to explain what had happened to him.
"I- I don't-" and then Thomas burst into exhausted and traumatised tears. "I didn't want to, but I was so- He untied me for it. He said Jamie didn't and so I- Said if I didn't cooperate, he'd do worse to Lena. Held my hair, and- Fucking- Gave me twenty dollars afterwards. Slipped it into my pocket."