” Donald, spoke up. “Jeff, for my part, I am quite disturbed by the fact that you touched Audrey’s collar last evening. The collar is mine and ...ou had no right to touch it or to pull Audrey towards you by it.” “Jeff was incredulous. “Donald, do you hear yourself? You think that putting a slave collar on my wife’s neck gives you some right of exclusivity to her mind and body? That is the height of hubris.” “Your wife wears my collar willingly, Jeff. She wants it.” Jeff took Katrina’s hand. ” He didn’t answer her, and he didn’t move his body, but his eyes shut and he breathed deep. Without opening his eyes he nodded his head and stepped back to let her go. Cordelia hopped down and walked to the steps. ‘You will not run,’ she ordered herself. Once she was down the steps she turned back to look at him. Micah’s head was down and, his hands were gripping the railing. “I’m sorry,” she said softly, and walked away. She wasn’t sure why she kept saying it. What was she sorry for?. We could buy her ticket with airline miles, and she could work the booth with us. That way we could get a mini-vacation for free. He would even pay for a couple of extra nights at the hotel so we could stay through the week-end. It sounded like a great deal, but I knew what he was after. Companies often have what we call “booth bunnies” at trade fairs- pretty woman, usually rented “models,” who wear tight logo t-shirts and attract people to the booth. By inviting my wife, Jack would both. Mercer Island sits in the middle of Lake Washington and is connected to Puget Sound and the Pacific by the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Ron turned onto Mercer Way, which ran around the east side of the island and continued for a way. He pulled into a large modern home and up to a two-car garage. Trees on three sides of the home shielded it from the neighbors and the street. He pushed the button on the garage door opener clipped to the visor and the garage door opened. Ron pulled into the garage.