There is more than power. There is responsibility. The one implies the other, and I forgot that, letting my libido take charge of my brain."She seemed...considering. Jake sighed inwardly. Oh, well. It would have been fun for him, but if she saw her service to him to be nothing more than an ongoing punishment, it would cease to be fun for him very quickly. "You can change people." She said, looking hard at him. Jake frowned. Back to that? "You can make me love you. Why would you release me from my. "I'm sorry, you'll just have to trust me on that one." No," Erica said with a shrug, "I get it." Alright, but there is more that you have to..."Erica held up her hand as she plopped on the bed next to her and furrowedher brow. "We'll have plenty of time to talk about everything, andbelieve me I want to hear it, but right now I want to know how you'redoing." Heather smiled, but Erica was having none of it. "Look, I loveyou..." I love you too," Heather said, knowing it would fluster her. Also her back ached and for the past seven days she felt sharp cramps as if she was being impaled with a hot fireplace poker.She grabbed the solar lantern from the nightstand and waddled to the bathroom at the end of the hallway, taking in deep breaths with each step. From the window, the faint glow of dawn and a new day was beginning to appear over the silhouette of the barn. She set the lantern on the vanity and got into position over the toilet. Sitting down was an exercise in gravity. "That's strange, he's not answering his mobile either." Maybe he just forgot to take it with him," I offer as I remove the soiled bandages from the Thompson cat."Oh well, he'll show eventually," Michael says shrugging. Hearing the jingle-jangle song of the bell over the entrance door, I pick up the Siamese and place it back into the cage."That'll be Mrs. Thompson. Michael, would you mind greeting her please as I wash up?" With a wink and a 'cluck' sound as he sucks his inner cheek against the.