Inside were five compacts and lipsticks. She grabbed one and began smearing her lips, not very well. The other four looked at her, then at each other....After the hands on the clock moved a tick or two, they too approached the box and removed a compact and lipstick. With varying degrees of skill and feminine demeanour they applied the lipstick. Deidre did not like the shade, a cherry red.Exactly five minutes after she walked out, Mistress Gertrude walked back in, assuming her post at the podium.. Much to her relief, she stopped talking to them as though she was under deadline to use up a certain number of words. She'd struggled with that personality quirk for years, but her nerves seemed to get the better of her. It would have been easier to stop talking all together, she had thought despairingly. She still had her moments, but less so in front of Cam and Jake as they got to know each other. It had been a stroke of luck, running into Cam. She had taken the job at the hospital with no. Your pussy... before. I'm sorry." I decided to takeadvantage of his apologetic, desperate-to-please mood and said, "That'sokay, Robin. So long as you do it ALL the time now to make up for it.Whenever I say. Without any backtalk." He whimpered, rather sweetly Ithought, and said, "Yes, dearest. Yes, yes, yes." I kissed him on theforehead and suddenly rolled to the side, to lie alongside him again. Hesighed with frustration, his poor dick all at once being neglected. Ichuckled, wanting. Relieved at finding it empty, she breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to the desk. As she moved to place the fax on his in-tray, she heard the door close behind her. Without turning she knew who it was. ‘Have you decided you want more than a working relationship?’ he asked, already knowing the answer. He knew what Paige was doing there — the fax and wishful thinking weren’t going to change that. June had seen him before she left and had let him know abut the fax. He had been waiting.