Well, you know.’ ‘Well this time I will beg your pardon first but then proceed to say that you, Ruth Ann, right now are lovely of lovely.’ She b...ushed. He said right away: ‘I do apologize for making you blush.’ ‘Oh, don’t apologize for saying one of the nicest things that I’ve heard in a long, long time,’ she said to him. He smiled. Breakfast was lovely for her. She talked to him about her and Uncle Mike. She found Cyrus Grace very easy to talk to. She also asked him about himself and. I found out he was a real professor — he taught at a small liberal-arts college, which is why he was online all day, grading papers. I found out he was occasionally cranky, often bitter, but always receptive to banter. He mentioned c***dren, in passing. I mentioned Jason, which, since I pretended to be single online, was another slice of my real self.Finally, I told him one day that I couldn't keep taking his money. It wasn't fair. I liked him too much. I wrote him a long email from my personal. They andanyone else would think that the two most logical reactions would be oneof much angsty drama or pure joy along with playing with your new foundtoys..... I'm sure there are other reactions that would be less extreme,but my own reaction seems totally out of the question to them. Totalindifference, with my standard "Whatever" thoughts and utter silence toeveryone.... Right, that's me alright. Besides that, they have beenmaking government and school phone calls back and forth for. "What about being a sub?"I focused on her eyes. She was serious. "As I learn about one, I'd better understand the other." It's not the same thing," she said softly. "I can teach you. I haven't had a male sub in a long time."I knew the look in her eyes and remembered that I was still wearing my fetish. I pulled it off and shoved it in my pocket.Lady Brighid watched me and backed away to sit on the bed almost as quickly. She looked up at me and said, "I never knew it could be so potent."I studied.