"Until then, I'm going to move to Ironwood so we can be together," she confided."We'll leave in the morning," Father said. "Should I dispatch James to...retrieve Mary Elizabeth's belongings?" I'll have Samuel bring them over," I replied. "And I'll have him take Constance Anne with him. I know Elizabeth would like to see her." Wonderful idea," Father replied.We talked of weddings and couples and bright shining futures, of them at Ironwood and Jane Marie and me at Whitlands. I promised to reserve. I need someone that I feel I can trust. Schwartz hired the secretary in the outer office and I don't know where her loyalties lie. Stu, I know that your wife is a secretary for some company, would she consider working for me? That way she would see you occasionally and see were you are spending your time. It might take some of the edge off of the long hours that you will be putting in. Would you want her working in here?"Stu thought for a minute, "She's been trying to get a position with the. He grinned and said, "Sure! You ladiesseem pretty fun, and I bet you will love them. I know you probably wantthe cute dangly ones, but you'll need to get a simple hoop with a ballfor now."The disappointment must have been easy to read on my face, as he quicklyadded, "It should take a couple of months for the piercings to healenough to swap out, but so long as you take it pretty easy, you shouldbe able to switch to something more elaborate then. They'll be fullyhealed in three to six months,. Surprisingly he laughed at me, which kind of shattered the sub/dom thing we had going on, although I guess no more than me sticking my tongue out did.“Just wait!” he laughed, in a mock-scolding voice, snatching up a towel and trying to whip me with it. Then he was after me as we ran around the rows of changing cubicles in true Benny Hill style. Doubling back, he forced me into the drying area and when he lunged at me I took that fatal step back I didn’t mean to take. I caught my breath as the.