With infinite control and delicacy, theedge of the blade sliced the strap holding the gag without cutting the boy.He could only stare as the straps fe...l into his lap, his eyes round andfrightened.A soft chuckle from the woman brought him back. "Unless you want Ali toremove the remainder of the gag in the same manner, I suggest you spit outthe wadding in your mouth."He'd have swallowed if he'd had any spit to do it with. The wad was largeand his mouth was very dry because of it, so it took. He should be OK but he’s very nervous Jo.’ He looked at her, concern all over his face. ‘You’ll have to be very careful with him. You know that don’t you?’ ‘Mmm,’ she said. ‘We were talking about it today. That’s why I’ve bought a rather demure dress. Lena’s going to do my hair and together we hope we can take a few years off me. That should give him a bit more confidence.’ ‘Good idea,’ he said. I was watching the two of them during this exchange and I couldn’t help thinking that he was like a. I have caught him a couple of times looking at you. He is certainly attracted to you.”“I had noticed, and I like it,” I replied.“Would you?” she asked.“Sleep with him? Not without your approval and knowledge,” I responded.“I am fascinated with your living arrangements. Do you live as you have said and sleep with two different men with their full knowledge?” Pam questioned.“Not two but three, and in the same room and bed. There is another couple in our group that live together, and they join us. The flow of self-depreciating sadness moving across each numb nerve with the quiet coldness of ice, numbing my heart to what I have been part of, have seen. As tempting, in its own way, as the power I could open myself to. I choose. There really was not much of a choice, the decision made in an instant. I rein in my mind and flow, not outward as a waterfall, but inward, sinking into the black hole that is the remnant of my heart. Darkness swallows me yet I ignore it, I search. Moving across.