”“I appreciate the prayers,” I said. I disconnected the call. Buddy reached over and touched my shoulder.“I’m sorry all over the place, Mimi... I’m sorry you lost all this. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you...”“You have helped me, Buddy,” I said. We drove away.He reached over, squeezed my hand. “If I can do anything to help...”“It’s been a tough year. Divorce. Now this.” And I don’t know what made me do it, but I put my hand back over the console and held his.He looked at me. I came to a stop sign,. They were experimenting with eating the mountain of strawberries, cream and chocolate sauce from every orifice of each other's bodies in the most obscene way.Satisfied that my daughter wasn't likely to suffer any lasting damage, I left them to it and wandered, still naked, into the huge sunlit conservatory.I had never acted upon my dominant inclinations until I spotted Bill chained down to the coffee table and Sam standing over him in a full Domme outfit of leather harness bra, giant strap-on. ..”“Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” he finished for me. “You’re saying she might lose control of herself.”“Worse than that. She might alter you both in ways you can’t even imagine.”Jennifer said in a small voice, “I couldn’t do anything like that.”“I know you wouldn’t now, but ... It changes you, Sweetie. You stop seeing others as your equals because they can’t stop you from making them what you want them to be. Every telepath I’ve met uses people in one way or another, and even I have. She sat down next to me and held my hand, and we talked some more. She had an interest in photography and I told her how beautiful the moon and ocean would be captured on film. I told her about the stars where I was from and how if you were patient you could make out the Milky Way. She asked me about my lovers and I admitted there had been none; I was always interested in fulfilling my dreams, but I had to admit I wasn’t certain what they were anymore. We laughed, and when she went to kiss me.