I appreciated her offer. But I led her into the kitchen and we sat down at the table. We needed to talk.I got us each a glass of ice water. We had alr...ady drunk enough beer out there in the hot sun. We sat there sipping water and I looked her over. She looked very tired. But she stilled looked very damned good.We didn't speak for a minute or so. Finally I asked, "Were you ever going to tell me?"She blushed and looked away for a minute. It was several uncomfortable minutes before she replied in. It slid down with a whisper and pooled around her bare feet as she stood, perfectly naked, in front of him. ‘Kate, look at me,’ he whispered. ‘You’re beautiful.’ She flushed, but her eyes were brimming with emotion as she raised her head to meet his gaze. She picked up the pendant again. ‘Can you put this on me, please?’ His hands shook slightly as he took it from her, fumbling with the catch as she turned to face away from him, giving him a glorious view of the curve of her back and bottom.. All she now wore was a collar, wrist and ankle cuffs, all in strong but padded black leather with bright steel rings set deep into them. The lights were dim and the angel could not see all of the room but she could see the wicked Mistress who now approached, her high heeled boots click-clacking on the stone floor. As she came closer the cute little angel picked herself up from the floor and knelt before the wicked Mistress."You are my angel now." Said the wicked Mistress, "you will serve me. After cleaning up the mess I'd made, and leaving the trash can near to overflowing, I took a last look in the mirror and pushed unhappily at my hair before leaving. Stacey was still sitting at the table, guarding my purse -- I'd completely forgotten it in my panic! -- and smiled when she caught sight of me."Everything okay?" she asked, handing me the purse."This day just keeps getting worse," I groused, and then laughed lightly so she wouldn't take it personally. "I haven't felt so rumpled.