On the contrary, she was loved and appreciated, though she would have rejected (kindly, of course) any overt expression of it.At the end of the servic..., as the congregation filed past, she waited 'til last."Father..." Yes, Ethel? What can I do for you?" Will you pray for me, please? Like Jesus did?"I suppose one might call that being 'Caught in the fire of one's own preaching'. "Certainly, Ethel. Is there something in particular?" I have cancer, Father. The doctors say I have maybe six months.. A second later she was back with a black rubber ball, fit with a strap and a small circular aperture in the center. Put this on, she said, and we will play up the whole bondage angle. I looked a little skeptical, but Leena was already fitting the strap through the d-rings on the bondage hood. The gag was obviously made for the hood, and I wondered where Leena was pulling all this stuff from. Before I could ask a question, or object, it was in my mouth, the strange taste of rubber and. I sort of stammered out, "She went home" and thought to myself, "God, what an idiot you are!" She giggled and said "She doesn't like a load in her mouth?" Again I was stunned, but I regained some of my composure and just laughed and said no. I sort of stood there looking at her and right as I was about to ask who she was she said,"I am Sarah, I and Gil and Mary's niece. I am taking a couple of classes at the college over the summer and they offered me to live here and house sit while they were. It was hard enough to remain upright at that moment and so the girl had to give up on pinning her sister in place and just pay attention to not tumbling over sideways."Why did you do that?" Ruth demanded at length, using a soft voice that sounded shaky and breathless."You did it to me, first."The younger girl was skeptical. "I did not!" You most certainly did." Excuse me, but I would never in a million years do anything like . . . that!" As had so very many other young people before her, Ruth.