That was the flash, like when you light a match and it flashes bright for a second, and then settles down and burns steady. But much like the match, ...that feeling was over quickly. He remembers what things were like back then, they hardly talked, and when they did it usually ended in yelling and slamming doors. He was wrapped up in his work and own problems, and she had hers. Neither really thought they would make it through that time period, and now they were more in love than ever. Now wasn't. Nervously she seemed to try to cover her small but purky boobs and the unkempt mess of pubic hair between her legs, even after they'd just finished having sex.Jess watched her as she crossed them room, walking a little funny, and mused about the fact that he was being treated to a sight that half the men in this country would have given their left nut to see. "Ricki" was a quickly rising pop sensation with millions of fans and was widely considered one of the hottest young singers in the music. .. on the other side of that door!"‘That door’ being an oak slab opposite the one the knight guarded and decorated with a single brass knob that could only be to his sleeping quarters. Or so she hoped. There was only one way to know for sure and so she approached the door and placed her hand upon the knob, intending to find out for herself.“Who goes there?!”Startled, Alice withdrew her hand and quickly looked around, baffled, as she was alone.“I’m sorry?” she said, looking perplexed.“You don’t. Melinda pushed two wheeled stools into place as Calliope stepped up to John's side, near his hips. The eunuch in attendance adjusted the chains that positioned the victim's head, and his neck arced backward until he stared, upside-down, at the large screen television behind him.He watched the image on the screen, trained between his legs, as Melinda positioned one stool next to his agonized scrotum. She mercifully lifted the weights, and unclipped them. Warmth started to return to his testicles.