" Looking longingly at the bondage equipment that she laid on the bed, I allowed myself to be guided to the bathroom. In short order, my eyelashes wer... elongated by mascara, my eyes were highlighted by black eyeliner and blue coloring, and my cheek bones were brushed to a light crimson."Okay, back to the room," she said.I walked back in, with Mistress right behind me. "Stand here," she commanded, and I obeyed. With a loving yet no-nonsense manner to her, she efficiently made my submission. .. well, when Mum was ready, as they said inthose days (now behave you lot - I may be older but I'm not ancient!).She was carrying twins and we turned out to be premature as well,arriving just before Christmas. What a bummer that was to be in lateryears for birthday and Christmas presents!I am the second twin and I always claim I kicked my brother out to getmore room inside mum; as it turned out I did not get much time on my ownas I arrived shortly afterwards. Around ten years later our. And a lot of them seemed happy. Laughing,talking, seemingly at peace with themselves.The thought popped into herhead that maybe they had wandered into the wrong meeting. Some meetingfor normal people, alcoholics or junkies or compulsive furries. Nottwisted freaks like her...The clock on the wall said a quarter til seven. The meeting itselfwouldn't begin for a while. She wished it wasn't so well lit, every damnflorescent light in this basement buzzing, the sound of them seeming tocome from. You just found out that the chemo worked and that malignant tumor is gone. The cat scan is clear. You're cancer free. So the broken arm you just got from dancing around with joy and falling down the stairs doesn't carry the same amount of stress it might have otherwise.Sometimes good stress cancels out bad stress. That's where both Bob and Lacey were, at this point in their lives.And, of course, exercise is good for dealing with stress. A month after she had been found not guilty, their lives.