"Not even remotely possible. Brennan came to mewith a problem. He was losing a third of his girls to suicide or otherforms of self harm. He asked if I...could help." She handed Chastity atowel. "I was fresh out of college, full of ideals. Change the world."Chastity dried while Courtesy washed."For people like you, already wired with a PTSD gun, the solution wassimple. Fire the gun. Then we went on to other mods. The goal was tomake them happy. Job satisfaction." Courtesy grimaced. A look of. You're strong-willed and independent. I love that about you. But when you let yourself down, I'll instruct you to bend over and I'll punish you. It will hurt and you'll be sore for a while, but I'll expect your obedience. I'll forgive you and there'll be no lingering guilt for either of us.”She broke free of his hands. In all the worlds she'd imagined, in all the times she'd almost begun this conversation, she'd never imagined he'd ask her.His heart plummeted. This was why he hadn't raised it.. "I wish you had let me know. It could have been me riding with you for those two days. I take it that you were successful?" We found three wheels that matched the spare at a place in western Connecticut. It was late on Wednesday night. I called Mr. Avila and told him we were on the way back. He flew here from the west coast on his private plane the next day. I picked him up in Hyannis and it was late on Thursday when we loaded the car on the truck. The trucker took off and we ended up having. .. Why he wanted to stay here in Miranda's bed...She was lying on her stomach, her head turned so that she was facing him.Her dark hair was sprawled across her white pillow, looking like the wing of some large bird.Her lids covered her incredible blue eyes, but her lips still looked swollen from their heated kisses.He was still more than a little amazed by her.She always seemed so nervous around him, but last night...In her dreams, he always seemed so much in control; he was masterful and.