We sat, ordered and the flirting quickly turned to more overt conversation. Jeff playfully said, : How much would I need to give you to take off your ...anties?, Twenty dollars?” Truth be told he just needed to ask, but playfully, I responded “not that cheap.” I blurted out “$100. “ Jeff, contemplated the offer for a New York second, got his wallet out, pulled out a $100 bill and laid it on the table. “Ok, but you have to take them off here at the table and I get to keep them.” I looked around. I asked if “there was anything she (Ada) really wanted to happen?” To which she said with a shrug “Loads but really just sexual pain, my body is for you both to enjoy, to use and to abuse, part of this is to see that look of pleasure on your faces when you make me scream. And of course bruises and the like add to the memories of the act.” My lady then asked her if it really mattered who administered the blows or whatever would it be the same. I think the answer astounded her. “Oh Yes” Ada. .. Sanosuke, Megumi, Yahiko... Kenshin... I'm making you worry about me again. I'm sorry. Just wait, I'll be back soon. I'll be back--(She opens another door and is confronted with a cliff, overlooking a small inlet.)Enishi (behind her): It's no use trying to run away.(Kaoru whirls, vase at the ready, but is stopped by Enishi's appearance--bandages, arm in a sling--and the dull look in his eye.)Enishi: It's a deserted island, a relay station my organization uses to ship goods by sea into Tokyo.. Sometimes there were not so many women, sometimes there were not so many buyers. Always, though, the arrangements were the same. Prepare the women for parade, take them to their sale posts, make them ready for the auction, package for despatch. Alexander helped. Well, he thought he helped. Like in the bar. She snorted at the thought of it. For him, helping in the bar meant drinking with the customers. It was the same here.The women were quiet when she came into the hall in the middle of the.