Reaching through this world, In need of one.--With You I'm Born Again (Billy Preston & Syreeta)As I mentioned many times, I knew that I was lucky. In ...he year or so that I had the tickets, my life had changed dramatically, and I truly believe that the tickets had a lot to do with that. After all, there was no reason that Kristen would have ever given me a second look if I never found them.Not only was I living with Kristen and Lynette, but I found myself the object of admiration from my fellow. His truth sense verified that she had participated in a race. He looked at Betsy and realized that her active lifestyle had turned her legs into pure muscle. She had the chest development of a swimmer with large lungs that could handle vast volumes of air.A knock on the door to the apartment interrupted his thoughts. Betsy raced out of the room and returned thirty seconds later. After a slight delay, Catherine and Oliver followed her into the room with smiles on their faces. Catherine said, “We. It wasn’t really an invitation. Slaves are instructed, they are ordered. They are not invited.This would not be the first time Sandrine had joined her master and a guest or two. She accepted it because she had no alternative. Her master was an attentive lover, and most of his guests made at least some effort to please her. This did not alter the reality. Her participation may have been eased by the attentions of those she was obliged to serve, but the attentions did not make the encounter. We had a couple of spare lads and she had her racing top on so we’d been quite prepared for her to join in if she wanted to. Apparently she didn’t want to.I circled around behind the table where the women were setting up all the food. A big horse-shaped cake was the centerpiece. Bec was sitting on the ground with her back against a tree, hugging her knees and watching everything from a distance. She looked a little overwhelmed by all the activity.“Hello, sweetie, what are you doing over here?”.