Carrying the heavy burden, I cautiously moved back to the camp. We had to return to the tree quickly to secure the rest of the meat. I found the four...lovers sitting around the fire, naked, discussing their newfound interest. ‘Sorry to break up your little love nest,’ I said, ‘but I need your to help me carry the rest of the animal.’ Graham and Curt accompanied me while Anne and Delia prepared the meat. When we got back, the meat was ready and I quickly picked Maroela fruit from a tree close. He stays with me while I pee, silent and serious. His face is almost always serious, but I know how kind he really is, and I smile. When I’m finished, he stands behind me to lend the support of his lean, strong body to my atrophied muscles while I wash my hands and face, brush my hair, brush my teeth and have a drink of water. Then it’s right back to bed with me, where I lie down and remain still while he re-ties my wrists and ankles to the bedposts. ‘You’re so pretty,’ he tells me in a murmur. .---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE CONSTRUCTION SITEEven in the sweltering heat and the blazing sun, construction workers continued to pile up storeys after storeys in the west end of the city. It was summer and a lot of students were available. You had to be strong and not afraid of heights. If you worked for Riverside Construction a small company which specialized in Gyproc and windows, it was a good. He, like Emma and Bull, wore an enthusiastic grin as I plucked one from her palm and placed it on my tongue, biting into it, surprised at the potency of sweetness that overwhelmed my taste buds. He’d been correct in his statement; it was like a little taste of heaven. “Oh,” I managed, closing my eyes and swallowing, the juices coating my throat and tongue before greedily taking another, much to my companion’s amusement. I had never imagined anything as delightful as the taste of what we would.