They stopped at Tebay, which he told her was a particularly good motorway services, and had a bite to eat. Then on again.As they approached Manchester...he pointed out various landmarks and told her their history, and they chatted about the industrial revolution of all things! Then he broached the subject which had been on his mind all day.“So, Sam,” he said tentatively, “Would you like me to get you a hotel or shall I call Vicky?”“I thought you said I could stay with you?” she said. “That offer. Sylvia said, “Hey, what are you doing?”John replied, “Just sitting around, not working this week, think I told you.”“You want some company?” she asked, “Thought I’d see if you wanted to hook up.”“Ohhhh, you’re going to take me up on my offer?”“Maybe.” laughed Sylvia, “I’m single again, so this is your booty call!”“Like that ever stopped you,” he laughed, “but I haven’t seen you much at all since you hooked up with that guy.”“Yeah I know, I was trying to be a good girl.” she said, “anyway, I can. She asked me.”“Let me get this straight: She wants a spanking, a real spanking? Carly asked for it?”Kevin nodded. “Yes, Ma’am. I swear she asked for it out of the blue. We had that talk you said we’d have. I told her I knew and said you could stay and I wanted a marriage ceremony for the three of us.”“Then she asked. She even brought what she wanted me to use on her, a ping pong paddle. All I could think about was that sword in my throat and how you promised to kill me if I raised a finger to. All ancient buildings.But this dome had no building beneath it.Before her, it rose abruptly from the plain, dark and solid—a voluptuous monument to all that was feminine. It shined darkly beneath the night sky.She touched it with her foot and found herself upon it. The ground jutted out from its base vertically beside her. She touched the ground and found the dome beside her once again. She laughed. All her childhood laughter, all the booming belly laughs, all the romantic giggles burst out of.