Brad was right on time, he was never late she reminded herself. He looked wonderful to her, and he brought her a single red rose. She was touched by h...s gesture. Not many people would think to give a florist a gift of a flower, but not Brad, he knew she had loved flowers since they were kids. They settled down to a wonderful dinner and enjoyed each other very much. They danced to the jazz trio, they shared a dessert and sipped their coffee. There was no hurry for either of them, they were. "And if you were to stay here instead?" Lord Jestocost asked her equally softly, stepping over the uncrossable line more easily now than he ever believed he could."You'd have to lock me inside here," the beautiful cat-woman confirmed to him, indicating just how much control she was about to lose over herself in just a few hours from now."I have strong locks," Lord Jestocost replied. "And proper privacy. You would be safe here," those words saying far more than they seemed. If C'mell's drives. I fucked her before her husband. My dad came after an hour and took her to the next room for a fuck. The next morning when I woke up, mom was in the kitchen. I first got down and came out to check the whereabouts of my dad.He was not in the other bedroom and the front room. The door to the front room was closed but not locked. I knew that he must have gone to get the newspaper which he usually does. I latched the door from inside and rushed into the kitchen.While going into the kitchen, I check. " Wow." I knew that tone; it was awe."Do you want to get some coffee and talk? My treat," I said."Who are you and what have you done with Ashley Fine?"We had engaged in banter before, but this was a genuinely friendly exchange. I was drawn to her.I had been doing that a lot lately: Sunny, Sandy, Harri, Sam. Was I just trying to score a friend other than Sunny, or was this a real connection?I had been doing a lot of that lately, too: questioning why I did things.I never used to do that before..