Over the simple meal I told her of the previous night's meeting with Ann."You still feel something for her then," she stated when I had finished."No, ... don't think so. I have feelings about how things have turned out but we've been through all that before." Allan, if you reacted so strongly to one accidental slip on Ann's part, you do feel something for her." If you say so," I replied with a bad grace, but I could not help wondering if she was right."So she still doesn't know about Derek's part. I was then set to work, performing the ladies' cleaning task on thewhole floor assigned to them. This was to become the core element of mybondage to Sabrina and Rita: they simply had me to all their work, and Iwas very happy to comply. During the work, they ignored me most of the time, but every now andthen Rita would approach silently to inspect, and if I displeased hershe would suddenly throw the whip on my back to punish my shortcomings. The women ordinarily chatted and gossiped together,. "Is that a problem?"His parents seemed rather reluctant to answer him."Umm..."Chris really didn't know what to say. Just what was going on here? If he didn't know better, he'd think that he'd had a role reversal with his parents, and he was the one trying to find out what they'd done wrong.His dad looked around rather pointedly at his mum. They shared some look between them, and then his mum looked back at him and said, "We can't just say yes to that, Chris."Chris sort of understood that. "What. ” I could tell Tiiup was disappointed with my plans but kept quiet.The next morning Avirl departed with his men and Tiiup. All could wonder about my debt but Tiiup knew and cast a smile towards Bren. Less than an hour after their departure... Bren flew out in search for Will and Leaf.Will and Leaf had reached the Tarrent entrance to the caves. They cautiously edged their way closer and closer. Then they heard talking and the sound of an ax chopping wood. Thank goodness there were thick bushes.