..” we started, both simultaneously mocking some kind of clichéd awkward love scene and genuinely unsure of what next to say. The moment seemed lik... an age, an age of pulses racing and of hearts beating so loudly the driver could barely hear his radio. She laughed uncomfortably and made a long sigh, still holding my eyes with hers, pausing only to look up and roll her eyes before fixing her sight right back on my face. I waited forever before deciding to call it a night. There was nothing. I wasn’t about to be dissuaded. She tried one last tactic on me. ‘Jo’ she said ‘If you join the club, you do understand there will be things you’ll be expected to do?’ I nodded. ‘Kinky things, things outside the norm?’ I nodded again. Cripes Diary, I think at my age there isn’t much I can’t handle. Julie shrugged her shoulders and I knew I was in. She told me that she’d make the arrangements and I should call her later. I got a big hug, a loud ‘Happy Birthday’ and Julie took off again. Shit, we. She was a cute little redhead with a nice smile.? Lesliewas to my right and the fourth girl, a tall blond, was tomy left.? Everyone else wassitting or standing in a widecircle around us.? The roomlights were switched offand the whole scene was lit up only by the flickeringcandle. For a moment everything seemed incredibly weird.? Ialmost got up and laughed the whole thing off but thenthe Hypnotist started talking.?His voice was, for lack ofa better word, absolutely hypnotic. He told us to. I should probably come over and install everything during the day sometime." Install?" I was totally confused."It's a multi-camera video system, Bill. If I put that under your tree, your kid would start to wonder ... Or maybe I should," he chuckled, "but I'd miss getting to hear the explanation on Christmas morning." Ah," I said as the light bulb went off over my head. "So you want better video than you've gotten in the past?" Exactly!" he shouted. "That's why I bought two of these systems. We.