"'Shit, now he tells me, ' I thought to myself. 'No turning back now, he'll have to just close his eyes or look away from the drop offs on the way dow....'"Close your eyes; I have to get out and check the air brakes, I'll be right back."After my inspection, I got back in to the cab."Bill, I'm sorry; I had no idea you were afraid of heights. You've got three choices; you can climb into the berth and stay there until it's over; you can stay here with me and close your eyes all the way down; or you. Over there. Just out of reach. It was no use. I had to take a peek. Just to see what he was doing. I could hear their murmur of conversation and each time he spoke it felt like my ass was falling out of my panties.A quick first glance and I saw he was looking at the girl opposite him laughing and smiling as they talked. Oh, so is that what jealousy feels like. Like being slowly throttled by a green-eyed little monster. I took another bite and continued chewing only this time more. She hadslight waves in her long blonde hair that complemented her thin facenicely. My father never dared to disobey or differ from her. I knew wellthat he believed her to be some sort of goddess that he was lucky to havein his life.Growing up, I knew that the dominant figure in the family wore a skirt.That was what I had seen growing up and believed to be the natural orderof things even as terms like dominatrix and submissive were all alien tome. I never realized that anything was unusual about. ’ Cassie grinned and nodded. Jim finally came around and agreed that this would be a workable solution. After more discussion, they decided to have it at Rick and Jenni’s house so that they would not disrupt the baby at Cassie and Jim’s. Cassie would work up a menu and e-mail it to Jenni the next morning. Rick and Cassie would go shopping that night. Rick would take off work at noon on Friday to get the house ready and help Cassie with anything that needed to be done in the kitchen. They agreed.