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Dinner
w
a
s won
d
e
r
f
ul.
T
h
e
y
m
a
n
a
g
e
d
to f
o
r
g
e
t a
b
out
the
wee
k
a
h
ea
d
a
nd their
uns
e
t
t
led futu
re
.
J
im
bui
l
t up
the
f
ire
a
f
t
e
r dinn
e
r
while Pam
c
le
a
r
e
d the t
a
ble.
W
h
e
n
she
re
turn
e
d to
the fi
re
pla
c
e
,
J
im
w
a
s s
i
t
t
ing
in
t
he
m
i
ddle of
the l
ea
t
h
e
r
c
ou
c
h.
The
a
r
e
a
b
e
t
w
ee
n the
f
i
r
e
pla
c
e
a
nd the
c
ou
c
h
r
a
diat
e
d with
h
ea
t
.
P
a
m s
t
ood look
i
ng
in
t
o the bl
a
z
ing
f
ir
e
.


J
i
m
,
y
ou h
a
v
e
pow
e
rs
o
v
e
r
m
e
that no other
p
e
r
s
on h
a
s ev
e
r
h
a
d
.

S
he
tu
r
n
e
d
a
nd shook h
e
r h
e
a
d
with r
e
s
i
g
n
a
t
i
on
a
nd smi
l
e
d
a
t h
i
m.

I
c
a
n

t believe
i
t
.
I
’m
g
oi
n
g
to have
to
t
rust
y
ou un
c
ondi
t
ional
l
y
.
I

v
e
n
e
v
e
r do
n
e
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
l
i
ke
th
i
s
b
e
fo
r
e
.
I
’m
g
oi
n
g
to r
e
l
e
a
se
c
ontrol of
m
y bo
d
y
to
y
ou. Your
tho
u
ghts will
c
ontrol me
l
i
ke
t
h
e
y
c
ontrol
y
our
o
wn b
od
y
. This
i
s a ve
r
y spe
c
ial mo
m
e
nt
for
us,
b
e
ca
r
e
ful
w
i
t
h me
.

J
i
m
sta
re
d
a
t her
standi
n
g in f
r
ont of the
m
a
g
nifi
ce
nt s
t
one
f
ir
e
pla
ce
.
S
he
st
i
ll
wo
r
e
just the
w
hi
t
e
te
r
r
y
c
lo
t
h
b
a
th
r
obe wool so
c
ks a
n
d unt
ie
d boot
s
. The
e
nt
i
re
s
c
e
ne
r
e
m
i
nd
e
d
J
im
of a
P
l
a
y
b
o
y
c
e
nte
r
fold.
W
i
t
h the
r
ust
i
c
f
ir
e
pl
a
c
e
a
s
a
b
ac
k
g
round
P
a
ula posi
n
g
f
or
the
ca
m
e
r
a
.
S
he loose
ne
d the b
e
lt
of her
r
obe,
a
nd slipped it of
f
.
S
he
w
a
s
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
J
im
i
ma
g
ined
a
nd mor
e
.
H
e
r
e
nt
i
re
e
x
is
t
e
n
c
e
proj
e
c
ted
ple
a
sure.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s n
e
v
e
r
w
a
v
e
r
e
d f
r
om
J
i
m

s
a
s he
inspe
c
ted
e
v
e
r
y p
a
rt of
h
er
, his
m
i
nd ra
c
i
ng
with
e
rotic thou
g
hts.


S
low down,
J
im
I
c
a
n

t
k
ee
p up with wh
a
t
y
ou
w
a
nt
m
e
to do
.

J
i
m s
t
i
l
l
d
idn’t b
e
l
i
e
ve th
i
s w
a
s ha
p
p
e
ni
n
g
.
S
he
w
a
s tr
a
nslating
his
t
ho
u
g
h
t
s in
t
o mov
e
ments.

Sit
on the arm of the
c
hair, st
r
addl
i
ng it
wi
t
h
y
our
leg
s
.
L
e
an ba
ck
, put your
hands b
e
hind
y
our h
e
ad, and look at
m
e
l
i
k
e
y
o
u

r
e
posing for a
ce
nterfol
d
.

W
h
e
n she
did e
x
ac
t
l
y
a
s
he
thou
g
ht, he shook his
h
ea
d in d
i
sbeli
e
f.
H
e
w
o
nd
e
r
e
d
,
had that
r
e
al
l
y
just
happ
e
n
e
d?


Y
e
s it
di
d
,
J
i
m
.”
S
he
a
nsw
e
r
e
d him
a
s she po
s
e
d.

You know it d
i
d. Go
w
i
t
h i
t
.
L
e
t it h
a
pp
e
n.”


I
ca
n
’t.
I
me
a
n,
I
c
a
n

t
j
ust
m
a
ke
y
ou do
wh
a
tev
e
r
I
w
a
nt.
I
t
c
a
n

t hap
p
e
n,
I
m
e
a
n–”


I
t
’s
w
h
a
t
I
w
a
nt.
I
n
ee
d
i
t
,
J
i
m
. Don

t
m
a
ke
me b
e
g
y
ou un
l
e
ss
t
h
a
t’s wh
a
t
y
ou
w
a
nt.”

“Th
a
t’s not wh
a
t
I
w
a
nt.
Come ov
e
r h
e
r
e
a
nd kiss
me.”

P
a
m
s
a
t on
J
i
m’s lap str
a
ddl
i
ng
his
l
e
g
s.
Kno
w
i
n
g
the
r
e
would n
e
v
e
r be
a
n
other
man in h
e
r life
l
i
ke
J
i
m
.
S
he
w
a
s
g
r
a
te
f
ul
t
h
e
y
w
e
re
h
a
vi
n
g
th
i
s t
i
me to
g
e
t
h
e
r.
J
im
w
a
s ab
o
ut
t
o sp
ea
k wh
e
n
P
a
m r
e
a
d his though
t
s.
F
ie
r
y
d
e
si
r
e
f
lash
e
d
i
n h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
s she
r
ip
p
e
d Jim’s shirt op
e
n
, flin
g
i
n
g
but
t
ons
a
bout
t
he
r
oom.
S
he
re
l
e
a
s
e
d his
b
e
lt
bu
c
kle
a
s qui
c
k
l
y
a
s
she
c
oul
d and
unbut
t
on
e
d the button on h
i
s je
a
ns before sliding
t
he
z
i
p
p
e
r do
w
n.
G
r
a
bbi
n
g
both sides of
his p
a
nts and und
e
r
w
e
a
r she
pul
l
e
d th
e
m
o
f
f simu
l
tan
e
ous
l
y
a
s
J
i
m r
a
ised hims
e
lf o
f
f the
c
ou
c
h to allow them to be sl
i
d down to his b
o
ots.
P
a
m
a
dm
i
r
e
d his
ph
y
s
ic
a
l
l
y
f
it
bo
d
y
.
S
he
st
r
ug
g
led to und
e
rst
a
nd h
e
r
a
t
t
ra
c
t
i
on
to h
i
m
but
t
his
w
a
s wh
a
t she
w
a
nted.
S
he
op
e
n
e
d up
J
i
m
’s un
c
onscious m
i
nd
a
nd r
e
m
i
nd
e
d him
that she
w
a
s to
t
a
l
l
y
und
e
r his
c
ont
r
ol.
Be
c
areful
w
hat you think b
ec
ause
it
wi
l
l b
ec
ome
r
e
al
i
ty for m
e
. I
t
rust
y
o
u
. I
k
now you wo
n
’t hurt m
e
,
e
v
e
r. I lo
v
e
y
o
u
J
im
M
i
t
c
h
e
l
l
,
c
h
e
ri
s
h m
e
,
e
nj
o
y
m
e
, a
n
d love
me
b
a
ck
.

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