"I only got a glimpse of her as she drove past the streetlight," she finished."And the car?" Steve asked."Big blue or black Ford; not new but it looke... alright I suppose. Had Queensland plates." She responded.Steve asked her a few more questions about Mike but the old lady hadn't seen him for a few days and he wasn't in the car that the woman was driving last night as far as she could tell. The woman dribbled on about how good her eyesight was for her age and how she kept an eye on the. ‘I’m sorry ma’am. You’re not allowed to touch. The master’s orders.’ He reached into a pocket and pulled out a thin velvet cord. Before I knew it, my wrists were pulled up over my head and tied to the passenger strap opposite my head. Rafe eased me down on the seat so I lay there, arms over my head, hands tied to the strap. He ran a finger down the buttons of my blouse, sending tremors through my body. ‘Oh you are a ripe one aren’t you?’ he whispered as he undid my blouse. His breath caught as. I have issues!”Marilyn moaned happily for a moment, and then pushed me away. “Issues!” She shrugged her shirt closed but smiled at me.I went back to cooking. “A businessman was hiring a secretary, and he had three choices. The first woman was a fantastic typist; she could type over a hundred words a minute! The second was incredibly organized and could make a filing system sit up and beg. The third one was brilliant on the telephone and could talk anybody into anything. So, who did he hire?” I. It would bebetter to rip the bandage off now though, so I tried to sound as neutralas I could as I added without context, "Speaking of people thinking I'min a couple, I hope Mike understands that I'm just not in the rightplace for a relationship right now."That was about as subtle as a using a shotgun to open a locked door, butI didn't want her to misunderstand what I was trying to say either. Ifelt her squeeze my arm as she looked up at me thoughtfully. "And Isuppose that would have to do.