Just fine,” I answered, cycling through one of those breathing exercises I picked up from the couple’s yoga class Kelly had wrangled me into takin.... It wasn’t really working that well. “If you say so.” She scrunched her eyebrows together, clearly not buying it, but unwilling to dig any further. Bless her for that. I didn’t want to fuck this up. This trip was all about Kelly. The entire year had been one giant shit storm for her. First her company downsized, laying off about a dozen good. Steph gave her friend a look while she put her napkin in her lap and fiddled with her silverware. Well, ok first, she said looking across at Cal, I had no idea what was going on back at the house, so it wasnt exactly like I deliberately chose you over the school. Its just that Id already talked to a few of these coaches, and, I-, she paused as if thinking about what to say next, Ive pretty much narrowed it down to two other places at this point. There were a bunch of us taking the um, the tour,. Finally they push me away and tell Master that they need a break and for me to go clean before the next round.Master takes and puts me in the cage and tells me to rest. I am sore and tired. I fall asleep and wake up after a while with you staring down at me. He asks if I am ok. I say “yes, sir”. “Good, let’s go” I ask “where” and you say 1st to the shower and then back into the living room.We are going to play a little different. No more sex right now, but you are still being punished. . I’d done something to cover my own ass, and accidentally done some real good. I even received an attaboy from the boss for initiating the review. Not that any of them knew why I’d made the suggestion.Next up was the monthly Billing update. The Head of Billing pointed out a few concerning trends, and my boss turned to the CFO and General Counsel for their opinion. The most worrying issue was an increase in payments by banknotes or pre-paid debit cards. Some of these transactions exceeded the IRS.