Steve had to go back home. He's got a lot on his plate right now, what with your office burning down a week ago."My office burned down a week ago? Wha...? Why?The shock of it had my system going into panic mode and my hands started to shake. He reached over and touched my arm gently, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told you like that. I haven't slept much lately and I'm not thinking clearly."I wanted to ask him all sorts of questions about the fire, but a part of me was terribly afraid I wouldn't. Silver cuffs on black satin, a tight redand black corset, sheer stockings on shaved legs and brightly paintedtoe nails in high heeled sandals.These bitches had really done a job on me and I was fuming. I struggledwith the cuffs, but they held firm, I tried to kick off the stilettosbut only ended up falling back on the sofa where I continued in vain forseveral minutes to get free. Even the cloth in my mouth defied me andstayed firmly wedged in there, muffling my angry grunts and. Stay There the wife commands while I lower a bar above Mitch's head while the wife smacks several dozen more times, panting and reddened skin her ankles get some rope tied around them then a bar secures her feet spread. The bar has rope tied at recessed spots preventing slippage then Mitch's shirt is lifted over her head and down her arms to be removed, then rope is added to her wrists then arms are lifted and secured spread wide. My mind images of the marks from the clothes pins left her skin. There's no bed. I can't sleep THIS way." She indicated her scantily clad body.Rusty spoke. "We'll just have to sleep Indian style." He said it like that explained everything."What's that?" Livvy said, dreading the answer.Jean filled her in "Well, the Indians sleep two to a blanket. They say the two bodies warm each other and the blanket keeps in that heat. Course in this particular situation, we'll have to use clothing for a bed, do keep us off that cold floor, and then use the horse blankets.