Logan crept closer.He made out the commanding voice again and listened.“ ... three are going to Delta. Get there! I want first on my left, second on...my right. I’ll be in the middle with third. We’re pushing through that breach ahead. Ammo and weapons only. We jump in sixty seconds.”Logan saw shouldered packs being slung to the ground as the men and women grabbed extra clips and brought rifles to the ready position. A minute later, they rushed off at a measured pace towards where gunfire was. If at the end of thirty days I still wanted to be his slave, and if I had proved that I would be a good slave, then he would collar me, mark me and own me." Did he agree?" my mother asked.I nodded."When did he agree?" she asked carefully."A month ago," I said quietly, "and next Saturday I am going to kneel at his feet and offer myself to him as his lifelong slave. I want you to be there, mother." You want me to come watch my daughter be humiliated like that?" she shrieked."No," I said calmly,. ‘Hi, thanks for saving a seat. My name is Ron and yours is?’‘Edna’, she smiled and we shook hands.She asked if I had done many of these trips and when I said no, she told me that she lived alone and came on these trips more for the company than the destination. ‘Because at my age, nobody is interested or even wants to have a conversation. At least on these trips we are all old and can enjoy ourselves.’I fully agreed with her but added ‘I don’t see how you can say no one is interested. Edna, you. I was given strict instructions to rent a room at a particular hotel and wait for her there. When she arrived, she told me straight away that she didn't have the key to my belt with her, so I could forget any ideas I had about overpowering her to get it. She would only go and fetch it once I was securely handcuffed to the four corners of the bed - and of course, forcing me to drink a couple of litres of water "for old times' sake".Finally, after several hours, she returned. (I suspect the key.