"So? Whendoes Mary's plane get in? Where is she going to be staying?"Mummy looked at her watch. "Well the last time I called, she was due inabout an h...ur from now. She was half thinking of staying at theRadisson, but I asked her to stay with me, so that's where she'sstaying."Kath nodded. "Ok Diane. Run upstairs and change. Put on that coralskirt and jacket. The white silk 't'. The jade shoes and handbag. Goldloop earrings and gold chain. That little teal hat with the short veil?Yes. Isn't a. Looking right into his eyes, I softly whisper, "Yes, Paul. I am serious. I want to do it with you, I want you to make love to me." Saying nothing in response, he instead lifts both hands to my face and leans forward to kiss me. Ever so softly at first, we kiss each other and then with increasing passion and desire as our emotions take over.With mutual understanding, we soon separate and I get up from the couch holding his hand and pulling on it, then leading him into the bedroom. There we take. Christ, but I remember that it hurt. I’ve had much worse since, but that first stripe was a sort of epiphany. I’d never been hit before and it didn’t just cut my skin, it cut right through to my soul. Until he hit me, I just couldn’t believe that I’d walked into that office as a final year paying student whose biggest problem was which University course to sign up for, and that now I was stood there with my knickers around my ankles as a newly enslaved slut. Once I felt that cane hit me, I knew. She spoke sosoftly that I almost missed what she said. "What if you had thatopportunity? Would you take it?"The room started to tilt a bit. I definitely had had too much vodka,but it was Saturday night, and my house was a short walk away. I shookmy head slightly. "What do you mean?"Steph looked up at me. "I'm serious, Scott. Would you do it?"I laughed, nervously at first, but then far more sincerely. "Sure Iwould. I'd do it in a second. But last time I checked, that's notexactly.