But I didn't want to deceive you. I just wanted to be able to tell you in private and in my own way. You deserve that much. We were really close. I ha...e always felt that if I had been born a girl, we could have made a great couple. Then neither one of us would have to have been as lonely as we have been these past years. But we have a chance to correct that now." "This is just too bizarre. I hope you didn't go through all this becauseof me." " No, I didn't do it because of you. You see, I. Anyway, she wasn't just talking about company, she misses the physical side of marriage — the kisses and cuddles, and you know... the sex,” said Rose.“Well, Elspeth is still a very attractive woman,” replied Kevin, “I mean, she is in fantastic condition for a woman of her age, erm, as are you my darling; a little plump perhaps, but I don't know any man who doesn't prefer a few curves in the right places. Who really wants to wake up with one of those skinny supermodels? I'm sure that there are. ‘Go to the centre of the room and present yourself properly,’ she spoke in such a manner that I didn’t dare disobey. My master released my collar and I crawled out on hands and knees. I could feel them all looking at me but I forced myself to focus on the middle of the room. As I drew close I realised that the floor at the centre of the room was raised in a circle, and as I crawled onto it moved, just slightly. Pushing my curiosity aside I put my face down on the ground and raised my tight. “Sorry.”She shook her head and she ran her fingers through my long hair. “It’s okay,” she said in a breathy voice, “but ... what are you doing?”I was going to answer her, but my instincts had other ideas, and I captured her lips with my own. She gasped into my mouth, and then pulled me back out by my hair.“Atsa, why didn’t you let me go to those men?”“Why did you ask me for permission?”I looked at her clear green eyes as she thought about my question, and I wondered how licking somebody’s.