I try to take itoff but I get a horrifying shock that knocks the wind out of me."I'm sorry sweetie but that teeny cage is not going to come off for al...ng time." Amanda's voice was coming from an intercom. "Orientation isgoing to start in an hour so you better be there on time or face theconsequences. We cooked you up some lunch to show our appreciation thatyou have decided to join our company. We are so very excited to seewhere you will end up!" The intercom went silent and I walked over tothe. You are out of it as far as I'm concerned. Just please do me the favor." Okay; you got it."By four that afternoon Frank should have a pretty good idea of what had gone on and if he wasn't too disgusted with me and still wanted to talk I'd meet him. I owed him that much.After breakfast I hit the gym and worked out for an hour. After my work out I got the morning paper and started looking for both a job and a place to live. At four I called Frank."Where are you?" In a motel." Why? What the hell. “Oh, come on, son. You know what it’s going to be like any place you decide to go on Wednesday?”“Yessir, you’re right, there.”“So just everybody come over for early dinner, then we’ll all troop to the school.”“Baby,” Cindy said. Yeah, after nine months in each other’s arms, I was ‘baby’ to a fourteen year old, and I was quite happy with that status. I was also happy with her sense of decorum. She did not flaunt our marriage in general company, not until she knew her company. With Charlie and. “Now, on the bed, sitting up,” he ordered. She smirked as her eyes smiled at being told what to do. She sat on the soft bed that was covered with a thick canvas, and reveled in the stiff, rough fabric. He circled the bed, their eyes locked in challenge and desire. He took a bowl of blackberries—her favorite—set them next to her, and climbed on the bed until he was facing her, her eyes observing him like a feral cat is Argus-eyed. She was obedient, but he knew she was a wild woman caged, tired.