"She raised up and kissed him again. "And you're too sweet to have to goto bed and jack off thinking about your babysitter. So it's mutualsatisfaction... ok?" Ok, if you're sure, but please can we keep," he began."Just between us. I promise." She picked up her purse off the couch."Same time next week?" she asked. "I think I want to try that again,practice makes perfect you know."He handed her another twenty. "That's to hold Friday open for me. Butwhat are you going to tell your mother? I mean. Thelettering made them look like diplomas signed by Lady L.In bold script the first read: CHEATING, For allowing my wife to believe I was a man while I dressed as a womanThe second: CROSS DRESSING For wearing women's clothing while pretending to be masculineAnd finally: CHASTITY For transferring all rights to my sexual activity to my wifeI felt that they were foolish but did not dare try to take. Saying ‘no’ or ‘I can’t’ was unacceptable. As it was, Jack had a tremendous fear of saying no. Saying no was like dying. The minute you stopped being useful, well you could pretty much imagine. He couldn’t even bring himself to ask for help. No matter how much was on his plate, if he was asked to do something else he would smile and say, ‘Of course. No problem.’ He sat on many committees, both personally and professionally. He chaired the school board at his daughter’s private school, was. When thegown was finished, the Queen made my mother her official dressmaker, andI was made Keri's handmaiden. We've been together ever since." I wish I had a friend like that," Enara said."You've got two right here if you want," Keri said, "but we can talkabout that more later. Let's try some other cantrips."Keri extinguished the candle and moved it aside, replacing it with asmall glass sphere set into a wooden base. Inside the sphere a silver rodextended from the base, widening at the tip into.