Once he was decent theycalled Nick back into the room."How good a friend to James are you Nick?" Franklin asked him."I'd like to think that I'm his be...t friend sir," was the reply."If you're a really good friend, you're going to have to do somethingvery difficult for you." Franklin looked Nick in the eyes. "I'm goingto ask you to tell that story to two people that are coming here, then Iwant you to go home and not tell anyone about what's gone on here.Imagine what it would be like if you had. This provided a temporary reprieve from the insecurity but mainly it was because the Delissio pizza I put in the oven was done. Contemplating what it meant to be feeling something associated with my depression when next to Jully, I brought our plates into the living room. She thanked me and we ate in silence, watching the rest of the movie. After we finished the movie, I brought our plates back to the kitchen. When I came back, Jully was holding a blanket taken from my room. ‘I hope you don’t. She didn't dare look up and risk meeting the eyes of another patron. A handsome young slave dressed in a black bow tie and cumber bun held out a tray filled with Champaign. Devon slowly reached towards him past the tray and lifted his chin to look at his face. His high cheekbones and full lips gave him a boyish appearance, which matched his hairless chest. Caitlin guessed his age to be around nineteen. Devon motioned for him to turn around. His buttocks were slightly pink (evidence he was not a. Itwas only at that moment I realized just how much all those subliminalinstructions I'd been receiving while in my lamp had actually altereda few of my more basic thought patterns. But that was okay; I didn'treally mind the change. However, unfortunately for me, the young manbelonged to the Mistress."Who's this hot new babe," he asked, as he looked me over and smiled."I thought you and Charli lived here alone, babe."I found his constant use of the term 'babe' annoying and redundant.It kind of.