She grabbed his head in her hands and forced him to look at her. He was back, her Michael was back. She kissed him again, to which he gladly reciproca...ed. He held her close, the warm feeling of her skin against his helping to ease the terror he still felt. When they stopped for breath he smiled at her, a genuine smile. Lets watch a movie or something. Please, I need to relax&hellip, Zo left just as school got out. They had left it off with a kiss and a caress, but she said she had to unpack.. See, I had just sworn off any man more than five years younger than me… And damn it! He was nine years younger than me! I thought ‘come on this just sucks!’ At that moment, I was pretty much done with giving any power to the possibilities and sensual desires stirring inside of me. I never knew what was to come… The last man I messed with was eight years younger than me and it was a behind the closed door sort of thing that I was just involved with because I got so lonely. I moved to a place. I seem to be able to be myself, here, rather than a pizza-delivery girl or a student or a subject of leering looks from other students and even professors. I feel like I’m accepted here just for me.”Carol replied, “Oh, we certainly all appreciate your attractiveness, Celeste, but you’re our friend first and foremost.”“Thanks, Carol. That’s one of the reasons I like being here. You’ve all treated me so nicely from the start, but you seemed to respect me for my course of study. Most of the .... In short, they live happily ever after."Lifting my feet off the ground to give her more leverage I asked, 'Why not sell me as well?"She slowly pulled out to the head of her device and let me feel the relief for a second before gradually pushing back in. "You have a special talent to free others and show them their true identity. I need that, so you're mine if you sign the papers in front of you. I still honor free will."Looking back at her briefly I explained calmly, "I don't want free will. I.