"With power comes responsibility sweet William. You would do well to remember that."William said no more, he just nodded his submission.The night wore...on, and a disgruntled individual slowly extricated his body from its trap. In total darkness he stumbled on, splashing water in his blind wake. His unprotected hands clawed their way along the walls, at last he found an opening. Shivering he drew his body from the water and onto the gritty bank. There his sore right hand struck something metallic. I am enjoying my time here already and particularly talking on the radio. I plan to get licensed. Over to you, George. AI4VZ from Gail with KA4D in control.” I realized that she had been listening to the pattern of talking and had picked it up!George said, “It’s a pleasure to hear you, Gail. You sound much better than Todd. Thank you for talking with us this morning.” He then sent the net on to the next person.She looked at me with a bit of wonder in her eyes. “He thanked me for talking with. ." There was a long pause before Lance continued through gritted teeth."A villa in Mauritius?" He frowned. "I suppose I can try and take the time off... look, babe, I gotta go — doing a charity gig here and lots of folk waiting for me. Mwah!" The phone was flipped shut and he approached the group, his lean frame snugly decked out in Yves Saint Laurent and his bleached teeth smiling brilliantly."Hello, ladies!" he grinned as he stood before them and checked out all the tight lycra shorts on. "My new name had stuck. I didn't want to acknowledge it or hear it again.But I could see I would have to wear the frilly pink apron that was beingoffered to me and the act of allowing Mum to put it on me was anacknowledgment of my new name. I put on the pink latex gloves I wasoffered too.I did the washing up without saying a word.I had hoped it would stop there but it didn't.Why? Was it that I started to enjoy the humiliation or was it that I wascurious to see how far Mum would go which led.