" Linda smiled and kissed her tenderly, fingeringher exposed pussy. Gloria squirmed a bit. Linda broke off the kiss and slappedher hard, then roughly ...pushed her to the floor. "Don't hurt him again. Now I mean that. Do you understand me?" "Yes Mistress" Gloria whimpered softly "Get your clothes on, slut. Get dressed and get the fuck out of here." Gloriabegan to stand up, but Linda put a foot in her back, pushing her down. "No,girl. Put them on down there and then crawl away like the little. "Mr. Morestead had owned the estate for six years. He bought it at an auction of assets of an old lady, a Maude Tiverton who died intestate. She had owned Chetford for eighteen years having inherited it from an uncle, who I believe had bought it from the Ministry of Defence. She lived in Harrogate." She looked triumphant. "That explains a lot. When I was in the pub I asked around and nobody knew who owned the estate. Even those farmers who were renting land didn't know. It appears that. . has Claudio programmed me, or did Vincent leave me programmed, or Loris. Hell, or you." It's like a maze. It's all dark, twisted. Confused. No path. How do I know what's real?" I mashed a couple of the small pyramids flat and started again. "You know ... there are pieces missing." Like?" Martine watched me.There was a long moment, where I tried putting the pieces together. It seemed to slip away. Brief flashes of things, then nothing."Fuck." What, Carter?" I have been programmed."She watched. What worried me was the possibility that it was doing other things to me as well.I could also see the effects on every other person in the room, every person except Angela. And then Emily and Kayla, who seemed to both understand it at the same time, realized that Angela didn't seem to be affected. I could tell that Emily was about to blurt it out, but Kayla and Angela both suddenly clamped down on her mind and I supported them by gently suggesting to Emily that this was neither the place nor.