” she turned her gaze back to the tall blonde.“Heather.”“Unless I or Miss Heather instruct you to.”Darius shut up right quick and put his ha...ds in his pockets; looking anywhere but the ice queen's gleaming curves.“I'm Mistress Veronica” she said to Heather with a smile. “What can I help you with today?”“We're looking to change things up in the bedroom a bit, starting with some anal play.”“Very good. I take it you've come here because you plan to take charge of these activities?”“Absolutely”. .." but before the bar tender could finish that, a big hand landed between Alex and Lisa, holding a few bills."It's ok, I'll buy them a drink, give us three shots"the bar tender poured three small glasses, and turned away.Lisa and Alex slowly took a glass each, shaking, but smiling thankfully at the tall man."cheers" he said, raising his glass, and all three drunk their shot.Lisa could feel the warm liquid sliding down into her stomach, and a sudden rush of heat. The music seemed to be. With my newly cleared vision I could see that her makeup was still on, in particular her very thick mascara which looked like at some point it had been running down her cheeks. Had she been crying? As my gaze travelled down her body I saw a number of bruises, deep bite marks, and even a few long scratches along her back that I wasn’t quite sure about.Suddenly worried about what might have happened, as I could remember nothing about the night before, I began to panic. My first instinct was the. If one didn’t feel the need to confess, few ever pressed the issue. Even if they did, they’d end up more upset than if he’d never volunteered anything in the first place. What’s more, he’d then spend more time trying to defuse their anger than addressing his own. In fact, they were more upset over his inability to show his own anger. So those few minor episodes reinforced his tendency to clam up. It was clear no one wanted unpleasant news, no matter what they claimed, so Phil always made it.