My gift ... such as it is, only works through direct sexual intercourse. Yes, I raped you, but it was only to save you from a life of poverty and reje...tion. Still, I’m truly sorry, Guardian Kirim, and had there been a better way, I and Cass would have opted for that.”“I ... I forgive you, David. Monitor Herrick explained a few things and my counselling put things into perspective. Yet it does not excuse what I and my comrades did to you, which was utterly despicable and cowardly.”“You were. She has called a few dayspreviously asking if she could stay over on the Friday evening as shehad a late tournament on Friday and an early one of the Saturdaymorning. Mum was only too pleased to have her home for an evening andarranged for a big family meal. It was a great evening with loads ofreminiscing and Donna, as per usual, loving the sound of her own voice,was only to happy to fill us in on her new house, job and in generalwhat was going on in her life. Things were so jovial and. It got to the point where I felt he either wasn’t listening to what I was saying or didn’t care how I felt. At a point I got fed up and said it’s over. I fell into thinking it was probably for the best. We had fun, we did some crazy things. Ok, out of my system, time to be good, move on, focus on my family. Maybe put it behind me and pretend it never happened.I found at first it was pretty easy to do that. Winters here are long and cold and don’t exactly make me feel frisky. What I found, quite. The elevator doors slid open to the penthouse floor. He jerked away as if awakened from a trance, and she let him. The sudden realization of the moment made her inexplicably nervous. She felt her skin flush and butterflies began flapping excitedly in her stomach. He had stepped back and she took the opportunity to move quickly by him into the suite. He followed. The elevator doors shut, and a panel to the right of the doors glowed red. Locked. The space was sumptuously appointed. Soft lights in.