And I had to dissuade several who wished to investigate for themselves. A task made more difficult by the fact that the identity of ‘Dernhelm’ is ...ow a matter of growing uncertainty and whispered debate. I’m entirely unsure I was able to quell that uncertainty, but in any case I was obligated to come lest someone else take that initiative.”“So you’ve come. Now you can go. Report that Dernhelm sought a few moments of privacy for reasons of his own, and that all is well.”The ice in her tone. But they slept together in the same bed. In the morning, she awoke to Ben stroking her arm. He was wearing the VR headset. She smiled. Then his hands began to move over her body. His touch was gentle, so precise. He kissed her on the small of the neck, a spot surprisingly sensitive and one that she hadn’t previously considered. He massaged her shoulders, moved down her chest, circled the breasts. With his tongue he flicked at the nipples, coaxing them to hardness. His tongue traveled. My release was temporary, under probation and with strict rules, considering my past endeavours with sex, and now looking as I did, they were fearful I would find it easy to fall back into my wild ways.I sat nervously awaiting his arrival, my probation officer was a man, and we were going to have a chat and then I would be dropped of at my designated flat.When he came I saw his face brighten up momentarily, he obviously liked what he saw and then he sat down and read me the riot act, he opened. “Where’s Michelle?”“She had some last minute errands to run, so she asked me to pick you up instead.” I found this unusual, as Michelle normally communicated any last minute changes in plenty of time for me to adjust. I had met Rick before, and since he and Michelle were in an open marriage, he knew of our sexual relationship, and I knew there would be no issues with our fucking each other. But the way he was grinning at me told me something was up. Rick had arrived in his Mercedes.