It’s pointless to scream, anyway. These walls are eight feet thick, and there’s no one within probably a mile or so of this house.” Madame X rem...ved the ball gag and began asking Katie about herself. “So you work at the bank, huh? Do you like it?” Katie looked up at her dominatrix in fear, not sure whether or not she was allowed to speak. Madame X smiled. “I give you permission to talk now, honey.”“Yes, I like working at the bank,” she reluctantly whispered.“Now what was the third rule I gave. I think I’ll need to hire bodyguards if I have a girl! My son and his best friend will NOT be pleased!”“They’ll get over it,” Belinda said. “They always do. Boys seem to get chips on their shoulders which need to be knocked off now and again.”“Seem to?” Kara laughed.“And the three female doctors and one soon-to-be female doctor don’t?” I teased. “Not to mention a certain daughter of mine.”“But who is going to even THINK about trying to knock the chip off HER shoulder!” Kurt laughed.“Jesse!”. "The girls laughed and Kim flopped on her bed, her legs hanging over the side. They chatted for a few minutes and then Sally's mood changed to serious."Kim, I'm so sorry for acting like I have been. I know I've been a bitch lately and I've been a brat. I don't really know what came over me."Kim got up, went to Sally and sat next to her. She put her arm around Sally's shoulders and hugged Sally to her side."Look Sally, I know you've been upset over something for a while, but you don't have to. "What could I do but say 'Yes Sir,' and watch him leave with a smile on his face. Though what I can do to counter the things going through my mind, I don't know. Sunday 1st September 2075I had a disagreement with our illustrious Mission Specialist today. I was working my way through live circuits trying to identity why we appear to have areas in the ship where the biotelemetry doesn't register (It scared the shit out of a number of people at JPL the first time it happened, now it seems to be.