“And you’d take innocent little me to see such a thing?”“I think you can handle it.”“I’d love to try. Double your pleasure, double your ...un, right?” she asked, playfully lifting her eyebrows at me.“They’re gay,” I said.“For now,” she corrected, “wait till I get in there.”“I don’t think it works that way.”She rolled her eyes. “I know, I’m just teasing. Trying to put stuff in your head, work with me here.” Since our relationship was so new, I hadn’t really got a bead on her sense of humor yet.. " But I was useless." Yes dear," she said, "but big with it. I had to change what was going on in Adrian's head." I thought it was all about whipping me." That came second." Annette chuckled. "Something came over me, seeing what was happening to Adrian sort of made me see the whole scene."Julie nodded."I'd like to go home now," Annette said, "You stay and chat with Julie. I'll get a cab and leave the car." Keep the belt as long as you need it."Annette turned, grinned, and was gone."Well?". COFFEE?]EPILOGUE: CLASSIFIEDThe large metal doors separated and a lone figure walked into thehallway. Snow from the outside began pouring in which was abruptlystopped by the doors closing shut. The figure removed their parka asthey continued down the hallway, reaching the end: a large room with aglobe in the center. The globe was populated with multicolored dotsplaced on major cities around the world. A man walked by the figure andjumped. ?Jesus Susan!? the man screamed. ?Don?t scare me like. One more thing. If I ever see you wearing those loose shorts without underwear around this house again, I'll have that car of yours hauled to a wrecking yard. They're called privates for a reason. Keep them private or lose your car."As John rounded the top of the stairs, Judy turned to Joy and said, "Let's go into the kitchen."John tip-toed back down the stairs half-way, just enough to see the back of his mother as she stood in the kitchen facing Joy. Joy noted his deception with a sly nod.