Perhaps she could even change it now.She'd been afraid to tell Tom about her plans. How could she tellthe man who loved her that if things went as sh... expected, she'dreturn to this time a man? How could she tell him that they wouldnever be together again?But she had needed someone to help her in the control room. So shehad told him everything. And he had listened intently to every wordshe'd said. When she'd finished, Tom had told her that he loved herand if this would make her happy, then. He has todress, brush his hair, fix his make-up, make his bed and come to me andthank me profusely for tending to his needs, pandering to his fetish andkeeping him on the straight and narrow, as I am usually in bed or havinga bath and he is sobbing so much he has difficulty getting the wordsout, I just wave him away telling him to bring me coffee and to be quickabout it, I feel that to administer punishment and then send him to bedfeeling sorry for himself is almost a reward, so just to enhance. "very nice I like that, is that another outfit you havebehind you?" She said referring to the pink teddy he had purchased thismorning."Oh yes, that's for later, I just got it this morning," he said beforesitting back down. "You wouldn't believe what happened this morning," hestarted. "So I know we messaged earlier this week about having a sessiontoday, so I was going to hit up the adult store downtown, get a new toyand outfit for today, but since they didn't open until noon I figured I'dgrab a. She paced the living room anxiously, worrying that he might have had an accident. She turned on the TV and flipped from channel to channel trying to find if there had been a breakdown on the Underground or a sudden transport strike and then did the same with her phone. She couldn’t find any reason for his lateness and that made her even more worried.Finally there was a ring on the bell. Allison opened the door to see a sheepish Lionel.“Where on earth of you been? Do you know what the time is?”.