I asked her for the last time what she had been doing. She looked like a frightened doe but still did not diverge the truth. I couldn’t contain my a...ger and yanked up her skirt high above her waist revealing her panties and all. She was caught, her inner thighs were covered with minute writings, the answers to most of the important questions. The sight of the black lacy panties turned me on and an idea came to my mind. I began to insist that she had chits of paper on her person. She protested. " I need to get up and get moving. I'm meeting Michael for breakfast in an hour and I have to make a couple of phone calls before I meet him," I told her."Hmmm... is there any coffee ready?" she asked.I told her no but I would get it started right away. After turning on the coffee pot, I got in the shower. I was in the middle of washing my hair when the door to the shower opened. I felt Tamara's arms circle my waist from behind."I need to clean up as well and I want you to wash my hair for me.. I did win the bet, though. Decisively. When I finally turned it off and gestured for Ham to release the mask, he told me it had been thirty-three minutes.I had dreams for weeks about that machine. Dreams about Ham making ridiculous modifications to it. Dreams about him deciding to keep it. Dreams about the wrist and ankle cuffs actually being locked.Four weeks later, Ham showed me the check from his client.I whistled, "That's a hell of a commission," I said. "If you need a stress tester for. ?You are aware this is only a secretarial role, Amanda?? She didn't like me using her first name when I clearly hadn't offered a reciprocalcourtesy but she kept her annoyance under rein. ?Of course. And I can do allthat,? she snapped her fingers, ?in about thirty minutes a day. Where I wouldthink you'd want me to contribute would be in the strategy back end. I'd bea real asset to you, of that I have no doubt.? I let my eyes drift from her face to her chest, covered by the pin stripedjacket that.