I was curious about what else she’d come up with this week.She began to tell me more. “Like before, first comes the punishment, then comes the ple...sure.”“Why punish me? I haven’t done anything wrong this week.”Lynn patiently explained it for me, “The first reason is that I absolutely adore punishing naughty men, and you had been very naughty. I don’t think you have sufficiently paid for it yet.” I wondered if her now-departed husband had participated in any of that.“And what is the second. He never thought that he would hear her voiceagain and hugged her back. Her eyes were a little disconcerting but hedidn't care. Even if the girl in his arms was just a shadow of hisdaughter he didn't care. She was awake. After what seemed like aneternity James finally, reluctantly, let go and stood up."Lets get you home Elizabeth," he told the girl."Ok daddy," she replied with a flick of her tail which caused James tovisibly wince.The two left the room and soon the building and rode a limo back. I actually didn’t have a baby, nor a dog, for that matter. But what I did have was a calculating, and some might say, devious mind. I’d obtained my university degree and then been taken on as a graduate with a major player in the electronics industry. They were paying me a generous salary, and I’d taken what I hoped was the wise choice of getting on to the property ladder. I was twenty three years old. My home was an apartment on the top floor of newly refurbished building. It had two spacious. ”I hesitated for a second and finally said, “No, I am not going there. I am not touching that one.”She grinned, “A smart brain to go with your smart mouth.” After that I caught her watching me appraisingly, and then with approval. It didn’t matter who caught the other; I always blushed while she only smiled. After three weeks we had monthly inventory and closed early. For four days Giulia had worn a dazzling ruby nestled at the top of her cleavage, and no matter how I tried to avert my eyes it.