Her wrists and ankles were still imprisoned in leather cuffs and her collar encircled her throat. If it wasn't for the ball gag buckled firmly between...her teeth, she would be giving him little kisses. Michelle just contented herself being with her 'Master'.They both heard Stephanie's door shut. The hatred hadn't evaporated entirely from Michelle but she was calmer. She knew Jeffery would do something about that Kim and that helped ease her.Jeffery kissed Michelle on the forehead."I need to tend. Although she was fighting hard to combat it, she was losing the battle against sleep. Amazingly, Jim continued the tale after Kristin was asleep and only reluctantly stopped when Erika came into the room and dragged him off the bed and out of the room.“That was a wonderful story, but I’ve never heard of it before; what’s the name of it?”“Of course you haven’t heard of it before, I just made it up.”“You mean it’s not a book that you’ve read or a story your mother read to you as a child?”“Nope,. Max pushed the glass of bourbon across the bar to Mason. Upon picking up the glass, Mason instinctively sniffed it before downing it in one gulp. He dropped the glass to the bar and slid it toward Max. “Another.” ********* It had been months since Mason had seen Eva. He had been on a mission in Afghanistan and had heard she was working on something back in the States. In fact he had heard she was doing a project with the NSA; while illegal for the agency to work at home, it was not unusual. . My mind at the time was too innocent to ever fantasize about her.Moving on. Mumbai traffic on a Friday night is ridiculous, so everyone was late. We were the first to get there, and Dipti aunty and Anurag uncle, her husband, were still setting up when we reached. I told my parents I had to make a call, and I’d follow them up later.I really just wanted to get a smoke. So, I made my way up after puffing on a Goldflake King and rang the bell. I made it to the building’s party hall and was greeted.