Lisa caught her breath quickly and knelt up to face Vanessa whowas smiling back at her calmly. Lisa's head was spinning and she movedcloser to Vanessa...on her knees.'Lisa, I would like you to meet Mr. Collins.''Vanessa, what's... he... what are you...?' she implored.'Now Lisa, spit it out, please.'Lisa glanced to see if the man was still guarding the door, stillwithout looking him in the eyes. 'Tell... tell him to let me out...now!' Vanessa's smile evaporated and was replaced by an icy. ”I had Pauli in my left arm and Opal Anne’s hand in my right while we were walking down the hall. We talked about the plain. Should we keep it? Sell it to another miner? Sell it to a company?“You know what? It just occurred to me that we never named the place. I guess “The Plain” is good.”“The O’Dell Plain?” Opal Anne asked.We talked about staying there in the summer and living in the city in the Winter. When we got to the lobby, we settled our bill at the desk and walked next door into the. Every minute seemed like ten as i waited,then my mobile went and it was ted,he was running late and could i meet him at his place,and there was an address, with some directions.i left my drink ,eager to get to teds place.about ten minutes later i was standing out side this rundown flat. my throught was dry when i knocked on th door,then afterc a few seconds it opened to reveal an elderly gent about 60.suprised i appologised and said i must have wrong flat,with this the guy said no wait,i am ted. “Asking questions gives you the opportunity to listen. Submissives who don’t listen aren’t very good submissives, are they?” Elaine shook her head again. “That’s right. But it’s also true to say that Dominants who don’t listen aren’t very good Dominants. From the beginning, I’ve tried to listen very carefully to everything you’ve said. I feel like I know you. The real you. The you inside. And I like you. That’s why I’m here.” “Th... Thank you, Gary.” Elaine bit her lip hard. She.