After all, it will be payback for when you made me call you 'Master'."I couldn't help myself, and actually smiled at her comment, and the memory."Well... at least something got a rise out of you. Now are you going to tell me what's bothering you?"I sank back into my funk for a moment, not responding. I didn't hear Rhonda move away until she came back with a quirt from one of the cabinets. She laid it on the table in front of me. "You've got two minutes, then I start swinging that, so help me."I. ” She states, eyeing him suspiciously.He glances at her before making his way to the fridge and grabbing a bottle of wine. Pouring her a glass, he passes it to her and drops a kiss on her forehead.“I was thinking of going to the pub tonight, with the boys.” He tells her.“Oh. Okay then.” She shrugs.”“Well, we wouldn’t be doing much anyway, so I said yes when they asked me.”“No problem. I’ll ask Tina to come over.”Shit he thinks to himself.“She might still be decorating.” “And she might like a. “What did you say to her?” he asked.“I didn’t know what to say, so I told her I’d think about it. I didn’t tell her we were meeting several times each week in case you wanted her as well as having me, Master.”“Ring her back and tell her you don’t know how you would arrange a meal as you don’t have my number. Explain that Chris works in a different building from me so he can’t just ask me in passing. Can you do that?”“Of course Master.”Then David added, “Oh, and by the way I have no desire for. Melanie followed several steps behind Wilson, moving slowly andhesitantly out of the kitchen in his wake. She glanced from Wilson toWatson and back again, her deep dark eyes seeming to reflect some innerfear or concern. Not until she was half way into the living room didMelanie glance toward the stairs, and when she saw Penny standing thereand watching her, a flush of shame and embarrassment rose to her cheeksin short order.A lump suddenly formed in Penny's throat as she locked eyes with.