"Ash, what are you doing here?" Iris softly whispered. She dropped her head to stare down between her feet and pulled her shirt closed. She was hiding...herself - from him. He got the sudden urge to fall to his knees. She should never, ever have to feel like she had to hide from him. He was torn between wanting to love her and doing the right thing. What was the right thing anyway? Doing what your heart most desires or, was it living through a hell of a life you thought was forever? Ash screamed. I can shoot the bullseye out of a target anywhere, any time. On a good day at the range, I don’t leave any individual bullet holes, just one ragged hole that all the bullets went through. And that’s with a full magazine of eleven rounds.’ Tom was obviously thinking about all this. ‘Was that when you got the cut on your ear, Jack?’ ‘Yeah. I’m sorry I had to cover that up, but I didn’t want to alarm the whole family. I tried to be as truthful as I could. Remember I said some metal from another. Then Jenny got off of his face and stood up by the bed. "You'd better go back to your room now before Mom and Dad wake up," Jenny said. "You need to get ready for school." "School," John said. "You made me forget about school. If I don't think about now, I'm thinking about tonight," he said. "Tonight's going to be fun," Jenny agreed, pulling him to his feet. "Now go get ready." John had just reentered his own room when Jean padded down the hallway to the kitchen, calling out for John and. Her instruction for the day was to defrost the fridge and prepare dinner for that evening. The leash, attached to her iron neck ring, was long enough to give her complete movement around the kitchen, but nowhere else. She would be naked, her natural condition, with the exception of an apron so that she didn't burn herself.I left for work, shutting the front door after slapping her ass and leaving a red mark that would gradually fade. Thank you Master was all she said as the door clicked.