’ He paused and looked at the three men. ‘Understood.’ ‘Aye, Cien. We understand.’ Harry Buchannan agreed. Of the three commanders there, he...trusted Harry the most. He’d fostered with him as a lad. Twas an English tradition, but his father thought it beneficial for him to learn from another Laird as well as he. Cien had never thought it wrong. ‘We leave at day break.’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No one had come. I felt the dull ache in my head and was glad no one had come in the last two days. I. .. and so not only could Gerrynot cum, but he hadn't even had the cage removed for sessions with Keri's teasingfingers...the "milkings". She had done quite a few sessions witha robin's feather through the bars of the cage, but this caused too much pain,as Miss Helen, Geri's now deceased former mistress had had the cage built justa little too small for a full erection. "So you can focus on the importantthings, Gerald." shed said, laughing. For the last few years before Helen'sdeath, he had been. I felt at peace here but now that is gone.’ ‘You could come to London,’ I said. She smiled. ‘Where would I work? It is too expensive in London. I could not afford a studio and Frau Meyer is already too generous. ‘We can sell my house, move out of town a bit and buy somewhere that has the room for a studio. Somewhere with a garden and green fields nearby to walk the dogs in.’ ‘ What are you saying, my Martin, that you would like us to live together?’ ‘Yes. I would like very much for us to live. You can call me Paddy ma’am,’ I offered with a smile. She sneered at my suggestion that we could possibly be neighbors, she looked as though she doubted we were from the same planet. ‘You’re a student here?’ ‘Can I call you sometime?’ I asked, ignoring her question. Stopping, she turned her head and asked, ‘Call me what?’ She’d had a funny little smile on her lips when she’d spoken but it was her eyes that captured me, the challenge in them clear — Do you really think you’re man enough for me?.