.bullshitting diminishes...and a sort of ballsy honesty takes over. After a little while, my new neighbor caught my eye and asked: "I have a little sl...t at home who enjoys being whipped before company. Would you like to join us tomorrow afternoon?" His home was charming and warm...and a pretty girl was kneeling in the corner, her bottom and eyes both reddened with evidence of a recent spanking. "She loves it really, the humiliation I mean...don't you?" The girl dropped her head, dark hair. ’ ‘Hudson, you’re so in love with her that you’re seeing her everywhere. That girl there is obviously a tramp trying to make easy money by posing for a pervert’s camera. Sonya would never do that.’ ‘No, she’d never. But it’s so disturbing. She looks so much like her.’ They came to a stop in front of Kyle’s apartment building. It was almost too typically New York City — a red-brick building with various fire escapes, ladders, small balconies, windows that didn’t seem to open and a rooftop deck. When I was with her, I felt like I could never want for anything else. Her touch was reassuring. Her kisses electric. When she smiled at me, my heart melted. She was strong and self-assured. Yet she feared relationships. Because of her disease, she feared emotional intimacy and commitment.When I was twelve, my mother died in a car accident, and my father died when I was seventeen. Although my uncle took care of my brother, sister and I, a part of me longed for the security and safety of a. .."Dolly lit up like a Christmas tree. "Is that all right?"I shrugged. "Who you want to father your kids is up to you. Just because he's a selectee doesn't mean he's ineligible. Hell, that more or less guarantees that he's a good choice!" What about... ," she waved her hands,"... the numbers?" Meaning you get to ship four people off-world, and if you don't you're not doing your job?" I replied. "Well, in the first place, Martin doesn't count -- he has his own bunch to collect and he's out of.