” Janice smiled. She looked at the bulge that had formed in my trousers. “Seems one of us has a party going on,” she remarked, as she sat on th... edge of her bed, biting down on her lower lip. I stammered, “It’s not my fault.” Janice brushed her long blonde hair back over her shoulder. “So are you married?” “Yes,” I replied. “But you don’t wear a ring.” I told her that 'd quit wearing the ring years before. Janice continued to bite down on her lower lip, as she placed her hands on her bed. He grabbed my chin and pulled it back so that my eyes locked on his. "You are mine tonight," he said, and then kissed me. No, he didn't kiss me; he took possession of my mouth. He released my hands, but by then I had grabbed one of my wrists with a hand, and I left them behind my back. He swooped me up in his arms and carried me the short way to the bed. He laid me down and I stayed where he left me, as he walked to his closet.He returned a moment later with a handful of ties. He dropped them. . an idea I was still getting used to.There was also Calliope. She was acting oddly enough at times, that I was left to wonder if she was still carrying a torch for me. Theodore was still carrying a bit of a torch for her up until the point I took over. And if I was being honest, as much as I was exasperated before, I really enjoyed her sarcastic wit. I was interested in seeing how things would go, not just for another “conquest” or whatever, but because all the sweetness from my relationships. I heard a car pull up outside and the front door opening ."I'm home," mother's voice called out. Hope surged through me; I crawled quickly to the playpen side and stoodup. "MOTHER," I shouted, unable to interpret the gurgles that came from mymouth. "Hi mom," I heard Susie say in my voice. "What's wrong with Susie?" mother asked. "She's been sick. She woke up crying, she was real cranky, I tried tocomfort her, then she was sick," my old voice said. "I've stripped hercot, changed her nappy and.