I feel the tip of the leather against my neck, still warm from his body. He runs it down my spine, gently, leaving a tingling trail of anticipation do...wn to my lower back, where he suddenly stops. Almost before I can register the movement, he moves his hand back and uses the belt to deliver a stinging blow to my backside. I gasp and he pushes me forward, facedown across the bed. I feel his hand caressing me, kneading the skin he has just bruised. The gentleness is brief, though, and the belt. This was not about preservation but about the vista the inhabitants wanted to enjoy.Tess argued against that, pointing out that Drexel's planned expansion would also bring more people and more cars into the already busy streets. More buildings would soon carry the logos of franchise coffee shops, thus changing the nature of a peaceful residential area.It was an interesting debate and in the end Joey was surprised to see that it was past ten o'clock already. He had really enjoyed the evening in. Tell me about your family as I make some tea." She told me about her mother Mary and her little sister Sally and after a while about her father that disappeared one day with lots of his clothes. She talked of growing up and her friends then. Later it was about the friends she had in school but there were never very many because of the way she acted. Her shyness had been misconstrued or the other girls didn't think it worth the effort to find out anything further.With the tea drank Liz very. She and I were both comfortable with the idea that she would allow herself to be pushed just a little past her comfort zone, but she was strong enough to stop anything she didn't like on her own.Even though she hadn't really said anything to me ahead of time, it was obvious that she had arranged something with Lyle. From the smile on her face as he carried her away, I could tell that she was well within her comfort zone. I had no worries for her.I was a little miffed that they had left me on my.