" You turned LaCross' head today," Brock said. "Mine, too. You fielded first base like you were born there." I've played it my whole life," Mendoza sa...d. "But it was my arm that got me drafted out of high school." You're pretty graceful around the bag," Fred noted. "I was impressed. Most big guys can't move."Brock jerked his thumb toward Zack."This one takes 30 minutes to make it in from the bullpen," he joked. "I mentioned once that it would speed the game along if he ran in and he told me he. ..Uh... th-thank you, HighMistress." Also..." Despair was etched in the High Mistress' wrinkled face, butshe kept a stiff upper lip. "...I will inform Sergeant Tims of hisbrother's death." Sh-should he... hear it from me?" I asked weakly."No, it's alright. I know how to give bad news. Thank you forinforming me, dear."I felt so relieved. How do you tell a man that his brother is dead? Istill don't know. "Jesus... Thank you so much, High Mistress." Anytime, dear." A pause. "Oh, and. “Go and join Greg in the living room, now I’m conscious every time I bend down.”I left them alone and joined Greg; he was watching a Christmas movie on the television.“I have been banned from the kitchen,” I joked.“Oh, why?”“She caught me trying to look up her dress when she bent over to get a dish out of the cabinet,” I smiled.“Oh.”“Yes, oh,” I laughed.‘So, she really doesn’t change in front of you?” Greg asked.“No, and I’m only teasing her about seeing her naked, I know that she doesn’t want. He caresses the soles of my feet and sucks each of my toes before working up the insides again, paying particular attention to the backs of my knees. Every time I express impatience, he slows his progress or stops altogether, and I attempt to keep as still as I can in the hope that he will get to the parts I desperately want him to pay attention to. My groin is on fire, wanting his touch, and I beg him to hurry, but I do not utter the safe word. I long to break free from my restraints and.