She isn’t the most beautiful or hottest lady in ourdevelopment but she still stood out. She was friends with my wife since wemoved in and was often ...ver to the house with her husband Stan. They didn’thave any kids yet, as the always added, and seemed to be a happy couple. Debwasn’t a flirt or a tease but always looked good. I invited Deb to sit and went and got the baby. After changing and feeding her I handedher to Deb to help with her baby jones. I went and made some tea for. I locked it in place, put the key on the chain with theother keys, and put the chain around my neck where I could not reachbut where it would be available for my wife. To finish this selfincarceration, I had to place my wrists in the handcuffs locked tomy waist chain. Thus immobilized, I could barely walk, only standon my tip toes in my ballet boots. This was extremely humiliating but it was what she wanted and I felt by this time that I had no choicebut to obey her explicitly. How had I come. I knew Michael had taken Peter's death badly, but -- nobody? I didn't think I could go two days without getting some, much less two years."I don't think," Michael started to say."Really," snarked Stacey; I stifled a giggle. "Don't get hung up on the program, okay? Look; Linnea helped me, and I think she could help you with your problem, too. She's a good friend." I'd love to help," I gushed, feeling bad for not having done more for him already. "What can I do?" The trick is to work with your. I feel..." Isolated?" Yeah." Left all alone?" Yeah." That's natural. It's a part of any break up, and something I'm unfortunately all too familiar with."Sasha snorted. "You? Surrounded here by friends and family?" Well, perhaps. When Dawn left me, I was staring into this summer feeling quite alone. Bert and Kim were both gone. Gwen and Robin were Dawn's friends. And really, I didn't have any other true friends beyond them." Your sister is here. And DJ. And Bert and Kim came back."I nodded. "I'm.