How long have you been together?”“About five months. We play local joints and have a good following here.”“I would like to have our agent cont...ct you if we should lose our openers again. You guys down for that?”“We might be. You can contact Ryan through his shop, Tucker’s Music.”“By the way whose idea was it to open with that arrangement of ‘Oh Well’?”“We all sort of came up with it once we decided on the song. We do that fairly often.”“It was a real crowd pleaser, mind if we steal it. Myself in the easy chair, her on the couch next to it. She did not look mad exactly, but it was hard to say what it meant.“OK, there’s some things we gotta talk about. What was that when I came back downstairs?”I sighed. “Holly, it honestly was nothing. They came down together, Keith sat first, then Linda sat in his lap. They just cuddled, his hands on her hips. No kissing, no touching, they just cuddled until you came down. And that’s the honest truth.”She smiled. “I actually believe you,. “Gray suit, white shirt, black tie.”Vivian looked up and saw him at the end. She turned back to the hostess, “thanks.”This was a set-up: Vivian was new to town and her cubicle neighbor, Julie, was well-meaning, but relentless. The minute she found out Vivian was single, she made it her mission to set her up on a date. “I’ve got the perfect guy,” she started and then went into a description of the guy. After the fifth, “that's OK Julie, I’m not interested in dating right now,” she gave it one. “It hasn’t been that bad, Master, but we do feel like you try to avoid spending time with us outside of our breedings. She needs the same kind of affection that we do, and if she stays, you won’t feel the need to hold back because you won’t be alone when we leave.”I went over and sat down next to Amanda, pulling her into my arms. “I’m sorry, my pet. I didn’t realize I was hurting you so badly. You’re right that I was holding back, afraid it would hurt more if I let myself get to used too you.