”“That wouldn’t be a problem, Jesse, because we’re not going anywhere. My wife and I grew up country kids, and we moved out here because we ne...ded to escape from the city, get back to the land. Because we grow everything organically, we can’t actually make much of a living from the farm, but we do a little better than break even and we’re happy with that. That’s why I became a deputy sheriff, so we’d actually have a little disposable income. We’d have no interest at all in subleasing the. "Monika smiled. Damn her body anyway, Holly thought. It betrayed her excitement every chance it got."Control," Marnie said and Monika dropped her eyes at the order, kneeling forward."May I get you a drink?" she asked.Holly looked over at Marnie, who was watching her with a small smile."Exciting, isn't it?" Marnie asked.Holly nodded. It really was. It was like her fantasy, where she was wearing a collar and people were doing whatever... Holly felt a shiver of arousal run through her; not an. Things would have been very different.”“Yes, they would have. And who’s to say they would have been better? Maybe in that alternate timeline the helicopter is five minutes slower getting to you. Or Al Barton is five minutes further away from the hospital. Or he’s not even on call.”“I know, but still.”“Bethany, would you give up Nicholas to go back?”“No!”“Nicholas is half Bethany Krajick and half Nick Evans.”“You are so damned logical at times! You’re worse than Commander Data!”I chuckled, “I. I must of fell into a restless sleep thinking about the man in the next cell. I was woke the next morning by the alarm an cell door opening. I walked out onto the landing and looked to my left to see who came out of the cell next to me. A large black guy stepped out. He looked me up and down "who da fuck you lookin at white boy" she shouted before he walked off in the direction of the gym.Next out was a middle age white guy , about 40 years old , he had a black eye and a cut lip and nose. I.