"Josh, I know about you and your sister. I probed your mind deeper than you realize. For what it's worth, I've a few things to tell you about my check...red past, but not tonight. We'll work out everything later, but from what I found in your wonderful mind, we aren't too far apart. Tonight is just for us. Okay?"I watched him sag with relief, and then his smile lit up the night."Nicole Halliday, I just fell madly in love with you."Love at first sight. Go figure, I thought, and I wasn't referring. I... um, I didn't... um... forget anything." Oh, then why did you ask me to come pick you up?" I... I... um... just wanted to see you again." I blushed a lot. My face felt so warm."Oh, did you now? And why did you want to see me again?" I just blushed. He took my hand and led me to the couch and we sat down together. I was nervous, but I had to tell him."I dunno, I just... ummmmm... I guess I like you Mr D." Oh, in what way Brat?" You know. That way!" I must have been bright red."I see. You. Her car waited on the drive, only a sensible Honda Civic, but enough for her needs and the occasional school run when the k**s were running too late. She drove sensibly into town, parked safely in a designated spot, fed the machine the correct amount of coins, took the ticket and stuck it prominently in the screen. Bill had a thing about parking fines, he always went over the top if she collected a fine. It inevitably led into a row that ended incomplete when he shut down at her mention of some. But there it was, Iremember looking at a magazine called "forced womanhood", I never ownedthe magazine myself but I do remember when; I think, it was the samemagazine, was called "slave piercing and chastisement" I think. Oranother and even earlier I, I mean I think, I saw prints by that artistfor sale in the back of the cheap porno novels I use to buy. Or maybeall that happened at once. I remember a time when cheap porn novels onlyhad ads for other cheap porn novels and not art or 1-900.