” “We will embark on a program of “readjusting your perceptions of what is, or is not normal, we will control you physically, mentally you are g...ing to fight us, our methods will leave you no choice, the enjoyment is watching you resist.” “Mrs Smith in case your wondering, we’ve been watching you for months, the hidden cameras all over your house gave us a lot of information, your likes dislikes and of course your sexual “interests” We’ve seen inside your top drawer, your old Polaroid bondage. In February Marion and Ian went off for their annual ski-ing holiday and while they were away we went and fed their cat twice a day, watered the plants and picked up the mail. One day while waiting for the cat to make up its mind whether it was going to eat its food or not I went and had a look at Ian’s computer. I logged in using the four digit number that I had watched Marion type and had a look at the directories holding the information on the smoke detectors and security cameras. I couldn’t. ." And she said probably too much. She told me how terrible sex is with her husband, Perry, and how he won't have children and he won't go down on her and when he does fuck her, he comes right away and then goes to sleep. It all sounded very familiar. She was very envious of me and I could tell just how frustrated she was. I know. I've been there. She said that all she does is masturbate with her expanding collection of toys. The way she tells it, I swear I think she must invest in Duracell." I. It did not taste half as bad as the secret. *** Daniel was free falling. He had jumped from hundreds, no thousands of planes. He knew the exhilaration of the wind hitting your face so hard it felt like tiny knives, hitting your body so hard that it actually slowed your fall. But this time was different. This time he saw the ground coming up fast. And there was no parachute. He wanted to jump from their bed, follow her. He wanted to look into those amazing green eyes as she said those words.