I felt someone measure me. The bar was suddenly raised so I was on tiptoe, which made the corset looser.The third tightening caused me to make a lot o... airy grunting noises. I could still breathe, but it felt like I was slowly being squeezed in two. Another measurement, and the waist was tightened just a bit. I felt the laces being wrapped around me, and tied off. When someone lowered the bar, everything seemed to settle in place. I felt heavy straps being attached to the front near my armpits,. Then five years ago her parents separated and she returned to Florida with her mother. The plan had been that Tony would come over to join her when she finished college and they would get married. Things hadn’t gone quite to plan, as Tony had a serious road accident about two months after Holly left. He had been in a coma for eight months, and spent nearly two years in hospital. It had taken another three years for him to get fully fit again and get his compensation sorted out. When Tony came. His entire body was encrusted with filth and dried blood.If the months in the crèche had taught Katy one thing, it was to suffer in silence. Tears streamed down her face as she strained to see every detail. Knowing he could not see her, she still reached out with her thoughts, hoping he could somehow know that she was there, that she loved and missed him.The camera pulled back from the condemned man and panned right, settling on the well-known, and almost universally hated, face of the sector. Arnold pounced on that like a hungry lion with a juicy steak."It's never the "right time" for you, dearie. Why don't just come right out and admit you are a complete coward."Adam had been through all this a thousand times with Arnold but it was always the same routine. He knew his special friend was probably right but he was worried about his mother's feelings and the impact his sexual orientation would have on getting the promotion he had hoped to receive before the end of the month. Everybody.