Mom, here, - I tossed her collar to her - put this on, and take everything else off. Dad, if you still want to live here and keep your business for a ...ew more days then you'll just sit down on the couch and be real quiet." Without being able to respond everyone slowly started to move and respond to my commands. They couldn't figure out how it had happened so quickly but they were suddenly my slaves. My mother had slowly removed the beautiful dress she had worn for the party and was standing now. ” “Lucky her,” smiled Melissa. “And you?” asked Quentin. “Oh, nothing much. I was feeling lazy. I had Heidi tongue me until I went off in a doze. Julia ... go and get a bottle of Champagne.” Julia rose to her feet instantly. “Yes, Mistress ...” A little curtsey and the lovely naked slave-girl hurried off. Melissa’s eyes followed her with languid amusement. What a hell of an existence it must be, she thought. Ordered about all day long, working from morning till night, subject to instant. Again, all activity briefly stopped while the team and Liz greeted her. Ellen was pleased to see the team resume its activities. Some were practicing forward flips, no longer relying on the step stool. Others were working on headstands, away from the wall. One boy was even doing a handstand, albeit against the wall.The end of the first session neared, and the team waved goodbye and filed out, headed for the lockers. Liz coaxed Ellen into learning to flip forward. First, Liz showed Ellen how to. Here we were, back in our own hometown, and wecouldn't take the chance of being recognized by the bad guys, if theywere still around! Finally, that evening, I couldn't take it any more.I felt more useless than a screen door in a submarine, just sitting inthat damned room!"Paul!" I shouted. "I can't take this crap anymore. I gotta get outtahere for awhile. Maybe Jerry and I could get out, do some shopping, orget something other than pizza to eat? We'll be careful, and remember,Jerry and I are.