But hedidn't usually have much in the refrigerator besides luncheon meat orsnacks because he couldn't really cook. I was good at cooking and mademost...of my meals downstairs. He smelled a casserole I was making onenight and asked if I had any extra. I ended up doing most of the cookingafter that and didn't mind because besides splitting the bill I got touse the big kitchen upstairs. So on many quiet Tuesday I startedcarefully going upstairs dressed when I was sure I was alone. It was. ?Diese Worte trugen aber nur noch mehr zu meiner Unruhe bei. ?Nebenbeibemerkt wirst Du mich im folgenden einfach mit Herr ansprechen. Hast dudas verstanden??Mein Hals hatte sich noch nicht ganz an das Band gew?hnt und es kam nurein leises ?Ja? heraus.?Hast du das verstanden?? wiederholte mein Begleiter etwas bestimmter.?Ja?, antwortete ich und f?gte noch hinzu, ?Habe ich, Herr.??So ist?s brav?, lobte er mich. ?Und jetzt komm!?Ohne ein weiteres Wort miteinander zu wechseln, gingen wir die. Although these words defined him perfectly, Gary hadlong pretended otherwise, claiming that he was rebellious,insubordinate, resistant, and, if not dominant, assertive. His behaviortoday, in this motel room, with Russ, showed which of these two versionsof himself was true. Gary was a wimp. He'd done everything that Russ hadordered him to do. He'd proven himself to be Russ' servant, Russ' slut,Russ' bitch. Although he'd tried to reject it, the truth was, as he'dfound out, that he was a dependent. I far prefer a carrot to a stick, don’t you?”I glared at him. “I prefer not to be threatened with extortion. And what about Dr. Gainsborough and Encrypticom management?”“Well, Jimmie boy is about to have major publicity problems, and there’s a private equity firm that’s going to raid his company’s stock. Plus, his Senate guardian is being reassigned.“Jimmie’s going to be out on his ass, where he belongs. Turns out he’s been swanning around with a hooker, and they’ve been cavorting in public..