They stayed like that for a minute without speech, and, with a bravery Ben never knew he possessed, some primal part of his brain took control and he ...issed her. Not on the cheek, even, but full on the lips. But, too his surprise, she didnt pull away, but instead wrapped her arms around him and kissed him deeply and passionately back, her face red but her arms holding her tight as he was her. They stayed like this for what seemed like an eternity before they broke for a moment, and layed on. "But you have to close your eyes." What? Mom is dying and you're wanting to play games?" Shannon said crossly, even as she sat up and pulled off most of her clothes. She sat in Stephanie's arms in her panties as her sister held her."If you've ever trusted me, trust me now," Stephanie said, locking on Shannon with her hypnotic eyes. "You need to close your eyes and think only of Mom getting well. Want it more than anything." More than my own life," Shannon said softly, closing her eyes."Now kiss. She met me when I got off the elevator. She asked if I brought the strap-on.”“How did Constance know?” he asked.“You didn’t tell her?”“Joanne and her are closer than I thought,” he said.“She called me Nigel. I got the picture. I thought you’d made me her mistress like you did Joanne.”“Nope.”“Uppity for a sub,” she said. “I imagine she’ll deserve punishment.”“Sounds like. So you got she likes pain.”“Yeah. I think that was the point. And being subservient.”“For Jonathon to see.”“Yeah. I don’t. Kate was introduced to an exclusive consignment shop that was a well-kept secret frequented by female state legislators and the wives of legislators. She had gone a little crazy with new items (to her) for her wardrobe, aided and abetted by Keri and the owner, a heavily botoxed flame-haired woman who could have been anywhere between fifty and seventy. Keri had assured Kate that she would never find such quality at these prices and that she should concentrate on how much she was saving, not what.