And that she truly relished the role. Second, however, as she observed how hard he often had to struggle to maintain himself within the relationship ...s it was now developing, she saw that while he may be a submissive, he wasn’t in any way a masochist. He didn’t appear to enjoy pain. At one point, she felt, for her own enlightenment, that she had to ask him if he liked the suffering that she had begun to inflict upon him with increasing frequency and intensity. He had reluctantly admitted. " She replied glancing at her watch. "I have to get back to work.Have fun." She winked at me. I finished what I could of my food. By thetime I finished every one else was done and ready to go. We got up andmom went and paid, Katie, Jen and I were back in the car with it warmingup, I was shivering because it was in the lower thirties, Katie startedshivering also so I cuddled up to her to combine our body heat,unfortunately, our body heat was not much of a match for the coldinterior of the car.. ” Mandy looks at me and says, “What is that term we heard from that one guy from the VA, Sis?” Sis looks over and says, “controlled aggression...they teach it to them in basic as part of the psychological preparation for the battlefield.” My jaw hangs wide open…and I say, “well they do not tell us they are doing it, but many of the things they had us doing are very much centered around controlling your anger and aggression and putting it to use when it is needed…” Mandy looks at me with very. I really did intend to call. I just didn't know howto tell you about all of this." I gestured to my clothing."You could have at least called to tell me you were ok." Didn't Beth tell you I was ok when she told you about the fire?" Yes, she did, but that's not the point, young lady, ...!"Just then Sabrina appeared in the doorway and knocked. 'Saved by thebell, ah, ..., knock!' I thought.Sabrina said, "Sorry, should I come back. Emily told me that your motherwas here.I wanted to meet her.".