Dodds persisted. "And you'll do as we say; suffer any tortures we may put to you?" This scared Jason a little more, but he realized, too, that Dodds...had never shown any signs of being truly cruel, and although his methods bordered on the baroque, and his bedside manner was maniacal, he had always seemed to make sexual pleasure, (or at least stimulation to the point of madness), his goal. Jason dropped his head in submission. "Yes." he said. Mr. Dodds smiled a broad smile. "Fine. Fine,. Now we were guaranteed a good night out on Lansdowne. I took a swig of my #9 and turned off the TV. ‘You ladies ready to par-tay?!’ Hannah shouted from the bathroom as she ran the straightener through her kinky hair. I don’t know why she bothered. She’d ultimately end up putting it in a bun anyway. ‘Hell yeah!’ Jordan replied from my bedroom. I walked in to find her applying the final touches to her flawless makeup. ‘How do I look?’ ‘Like a man-eater.’ I countered with a smile as I slipped on. "Melanie," I replied mousily."I'm so sorry I never do this but I'd hate myself if I didn't ask you. Is there any chance you'd like to get a drink with me sometime?"I blushed at his invitation, blood rushing to my head and making me feel faint and stupid. "Umm, ok," I replied sounding like a bimbo. I gave him my number and asked him to text me later as I waltzed away and finished shopping. I was giddy on the drive home, reflecting on the experience of being chatted up by a cute young guy.A. Haven’s still single, with a boyfriend John; he’s a bit older than her, several years older and divorced, works as a sports reporter, following the City’s football team and the county cricket all round the country. Finally, Pierre is a coffee shop manager in the City of London. He has a cute daughter, Joodie, that’s spelt J-double-o-d-i-e, not J-u-d-y as you would expect. His partner Allison also works in the coffee shop part-time, now that Joodie’s just started school.”“You’re going to see.