I wasn’t exactly chasing women when you showed up. If I’m gonna date, it’s gonna be you...”“But ... Am I unattractive? You haven’t tried.....”“Not because you’re unattractive, for darned sure, Mimi. I want that to mean something. I know, I know ... physical act. I’m broken that way.”“I understand.”“Mimi, I played like that for years. I stopped. I had this one girl, she was gonna be it for me. I thought ... She was playing the game, too.”“I’m sorry,” I said. “You never told me about you. Do you want to see yourself on the eleven o'clock news. Look, just go over tonight and take what you have coming to you. Then come over to my place so I can give you a real ass-whipping, you dumb cunt." With that, Mary slammed the phone down.Kim actually had no plans to tell anyone about last night. She knew she deserved to be punished, and in a kinky way she was actually looking forward to whatever Gerald had in store for her. She had never openly admitted it to herself before, but there. These were his people. As he continued to look at the homes of his subjects his eyes were drawn to a roof not far from the palace gates. There he saw his new muse.On the roof, glowing in the moonlight was the soft olive-skinned beauty. The hair, a golden blonde. Eyes of blue that were not often seen in Israel in these days. And arm rose up, lifting with it a container of water, pouring it down upon the body. A hand rose, running it along the arms that were thin with muscles like cords of rope.. Go into the hall when you have finished and call me, I shall be able to hear you.’The job turned out to take longer than I expected, mainly because I wanted to ensure that the bar stood firm without damaging any of the rooms original features with screws or nails.‘Are you nearly done, David?’ I heard Jane ask.‘Half an hour or so should do it,’ I replied.‘It looks good. Did you make it all yourself?’‘Yes, I have all the machine tools to make it easy, well easier than the true craftsmen had it.