This is work for bailiffs, not for me. But, I have known him for a long time. There are obligations."Mendeleyev knows better than to try to explore th... reasons for Anatoly's indebtedness to his client. Instead he returns to the matter of the girl. "The abduction is a prelude to extortion? Or is it merely revenge?"Anatoly snorts. "Actually, it's more a 'payment in kind'." The idea obviously is somewhat distasteful to him. "The proposal is to take the daughter and sell her as payment for the. I submitted to each with a want to please him completely. I was just getting a bit bored with things.Friday came and I was chained to the bed by the leash and he was explaining how things would be tonight for his little party. As the flogger came down over my tits he ask did I understand to submit completely? "Yes Sir" "You will deny me nothing tonight is that understood?" "Yes Sir." "Don't make me have to punish you in front of my friends but I will if you deny me or my friends. "He always was something of a loner, even back when I first met him. He never was very social at the best of times. He preferred being buried in his work, or in a book, or in his computer or something." I guess some things don't change," Jon smiled. "There are books all over his apartment and a big computer. He apparently watches quite a bit of TV. But he's not a total loner. He has this friend he spends some time with, name is Doris. She often comes over and cooks dinner. She's a real nice. It is my lover, and I smile to myself. I hadn't talked to him in a while, what with working the night shift, but he understands my schedule. I answer the phone, trying not to sound as pathetic as I felt. "Hello." "Hi Honey, how are you?" (It's funny how he knows when I need him to call me-that connection is there despite the distance.) "I have a bad headache, but nothing I can't cope with", not wanting to sound whiny. (I hate whiny women!) "I read an article that said sex was a good cure.