” “Your family won’t mind?” “Certainly not. I’d like them to meet you anyway. Especially since we’ll be living together again next year....�� Diane and I had decided to get an apartment together the next year and had found one which we would move into on the fifteenth of August. “I love that idea. I’ll have to call my family to make sure they haven’t made any plans I can’t get out of, but that should work out fine.” Later I called and there was no problem. In fact they invited Diane and the guy who. " Yes, you have," smiled Betty, moving to the fearful mulatto and running her fingers through Veronica's hair. "And you will. But when Mistress Katrina and Bruno finish your training, you won't just comply, you'll beg to do anything i want, anything!"Betty walked past Veronica to the stairs, a large key in her hand."I'll be leaving you now in their capable hands. How long, Mistress?" She is small and weak. Six weeks at the most. Our methods are most persuasive." Betty, don't do this please! You. That only leaves one hurdle to cross and that is your honesty and your ability to be open about it with me.”“I worry that you might not be able to handle all the information about what I do. I also have trouble understanding how to open the subject with you.”“That’s your conscience you’re talking about. It has nothing to do with me. I can’t help that you feel guilty about your actions. If you don’t want to feel that way, stop what you are doing.”“You know that I can’t stop even if I wanted. "He got a peck on the cheek for that and we left."That wasn't too bad, was it?" I asked when we got in the car to drive home."Not at all - Abe and Leah are lovely!" Laura exclaimed. "As are Mother M and Sister Joanna and Ramone and Debbie and Jock and Joyce. It's kind of strange..." She trailed off."What is?" I prompted."Well, I have made some pretty unusual friends," she mused. "At least from what I was used to in my all-white, all-straight, all-middle class, all-evangelical life."I smiled..