I reached for it without looking, mesmerized by the rain."Hello?" I said."Ben! I was hoping you would be home."My heart leapt when I heard Carrie's vo...ce. I could imagine what she must look like, sitting at the window watching the rain and wearing what she was going to wear to the park with me."Yeah. Not like I'm going anywhere in this weather," I said with thinly disguised disgust."I know. I'm sorry." There was a short pause before she continued. "Hey, since we're both stuck at home, let's get. He said that I should get up and get ready. Brush your hair and come out to my shop. I have a late Valentine's gift for you. I like surprises and I asked him " what is it" he wouldn't tell me. I know that I can see the shop from our kitchen window and I asked him "whose car is that" Mark said that "he didn't know." So we went along with Mark a d we headed out to his shop. On the way out there I asked Mark once again what was all of this about. Mark told me to remember back to our hot sex on. "You lads just had your last freebie; now fuck off and let a lady getchanged in peace!"Rod and Knocker laughed and Spike flushed with anger."Come on lads, we've got to up spirits to open the bar tonight. LeaveMichele alone," Rod ordered.Michele shucked out of her female attire as soon as they left and stoodat the small sink removing her makeup, the cogs in her brain tickingover as a plan germinated. She smirked at herself in the mirror andthen changed back into her uniform and once more. I don’t remember much of what happened but we were hypnotized and Brad whispered in each of our ears. I later figured out that what he whispered had nothing to do with his act but rather was a suggestion, a switch that he would use to control us in the future. Neither one of us thought much was wrong and soon we found ourselves awake and the audience applauding. As we got back to our seats, someone said that I was a great dancer and that my wife was a fantastic athlete. Other than that, we.