Diana and Ruth, my two lovely slaves, both now new mums, were at work, with the babies, at their gym, but the screen showed the call came from the hou...e phone line. With the problems of the morning I had forgotten that Felice my gorgeous accountant was coming in, and had arrived during the time that I was in the dungeon attending to Joanna. Felice had just started work when there was a caller.“There is a lady from the council to see you.” She told me.“I’ll be right there.”And I shut the door. My parents bought their three-bedroombungalow when it was a quaint bedroom community for the faculty ofnearby UCLA, before home prices went sky-high.The professors cashed out their equity, now my parents' ranch house wassurrounded by the towering McMansions of hedge fund managers whose kidswent to the pricey, private Brentwood School instead of attendingnearby Uni High. The future of Brentwood was private equity for thewealthy new residents and private schools for their children. We werethe. Hye-jin was exhausted from trekking from the car to the cabin, a long walk through marsh and forest. She needed to lie down. Jimmy saw that she seemed tired, so he pointed her to a bedroom to the side. A bed! Hye-jin headed straight for the bed and lay down. She drew her sundress around her body, turned to her side, and closed her eyes. It didn't take more than a few minutes to fall into deep sleep. Jimmy looked at her lying in bed—totally out. He sat down next to her and stroked her long,. He unties me when he?s done, turns me over, sees the tears, and I instantly feel embarrassed, but he just takes me in his arms without saying a word, and rocks me in his grip until I feel safe and calm again.He waits until I fall asleep then leaves and sleeps in his own bed. I wake up during the night and feel scared and alone, but I also feel fulfilled and more complete than I have in a very long time. I go to his door and tap gently on it, he tells me to come in and I ask him if I can get.