I think they'd be uncomfortable at the possible loss of privacy if they knew I could spy on them, so let's keep my studying from bed secret. Only you ...nd Carol know, okay?" Sure. What about Ava when she starts sleeping with us often?" I'll cross that bridge when that cute chicken hatches. Until then she can think I'm being lazy, which is half-true." You did more studying last night than I do in a month! That's NOT lazy, that's incredible..." followed by more praise.Ava arrived back shortly. Still, I wondered if she might not decide to run for office again once the stench of scandal wore off – and once the county got a taste of two or three incompetents in the District Attorney's office.Sadly, I was the one who didn't come out better. (Well, I suppose Dez and Biff got the short end of the stick, too, but at least they didn't have to worry about it every day.)While the media seemed to leave Elizabeth out of the fray, they took aim directly at me. I was painted by one prominent. A lot of the sex smell was covered up through the heavy use of air freshener. This was a much deeper clean. In fact, Katherine was sent to the local supermarket to rent a professional carpet scrubber.Alan was a bit chagrined by this turn of events, especially since he was the one recruited to do the most physically taxing jobs, plus all the heavy lifting (except for the moving of the mattresses, which were so big and hard to hold that four people were needed to get them into the guest room. In its place, he threaded a hook. The hook was fastened to elastic, which in turn was fastened to a collar. He fixed the collar in place and slowly let the elastic tighten between neck and tongue. God, he was proud of that. Within seconds, her drool had begun to gather around the hook.He blindfolded her. The hood was too much. She needed to smell and taste the air. Besides, the view of her tongue hanging like a bitch on heat was fucking hot.Self-control, he reminded himself. And then.