” She extends a leather gloved hand, the diamond tipped nails scratching lightly at his palm as he helps her to stand in her stiletto, thigh-high bo...ts. The leather creaks as she stands, and she smooths the leather corset over her waist, straightening her garters and stockings. “Fetch me that mirror there, would you dear?” She asks absently as she pats her coif into place, and checks her face once he’s dutifully placed the mirror in her hand. Besides her lipstick needing reapplying, she’d also. It was only 6 pm and Tom wasn't expected til 7, so I pouredsome wine into the little plastic cup and sat down to checkmy email on my laptop. My friend Bob from another site had emailedme again, still wanting to meet up with me as soon as we canboth schedule it. I replied back that I was actually in hisarea, but already had plans to meet someone, and that I wasstill interested in him, but another time.Tom arrived as scheduled and we sat together on the bed makingsmall talk, then he ran his hand. ” “Oh, you liar!” “Yeah, well, he said, how can your boyfriend’s phone be busy? I don’t understand; why I would keep my phone open at all times if you might call me. There you are, as pretty as you are and his line is busy… maybe talking to another girl. I would never do that to you.” I rolled my eyes as if exasperated and turned away from him. “So where are you going now that your boyfriend’s not answering?” “If you must know I’m going to my girlfriend’s that’s where!” What I couldn’t. That was interesting ... America never had slavery. I asked, "Redemption Song is all about slavery ... but you said America never had slaves." This is true ... but the Spanish were in the southern continent and so were the British. They both imported slave labor. The British were buying slaves from the Ashanti of present-day Ghana and the Yoruba of present-day Nigeria were involved in slave-trading. Groups such as the Imbangala of Angola and the Nyamwezi of Tanzania would serve as.