In the spring we had, what we knew would eventually happen. It had taken over two years and many legal maneuvers before the court cases went to trial.... Thankfully Jessica and Fiona were spared being part of the witnesses called. I was not so lucky.There were those fifteen minutes of fame that I had wondered about. I wish I wouldn't have. Try more like a few hours, well days really. When it hit the news that what had unraveled the whole operation was my saving the girl who had been on her bike,. I guess your way will be a bit different.”“Yes, a bit different. But we can only ever do our best.”“Well, I’m so confused, Father. I’ve always been brought up to believe in the Enlightenment, in Pleasure, in fu… – I mean, in, you know… I’m at the RAF, you know, the Royal Academy of…”“And do you really not believe in it anymore?”“Well, I don’t know, Father. A lot of things have happened recently to shake my faith in the Enlightenment, and in, you know, fucking and all that – sorry, am I allowed. I wandered through empty narrow streets, at first thinking that some disaster had struck, that the inhabitants had died of a strange disease or fled a mysterious danger, but I saw no signs of any disturbances, all seemed to be normal, doors and ground floor windows were locked, some windows at second of third floors were open, from some chimneys smoke was rising steadily into the calm blue spring sky ... no signs of any people, though ... and then I heard distant singing.I followed the sound of. "No," she said feeling a delicious thrill run over her body. "I want you to fuck me."The stranger gave a grunt of satisfaction and returned to work. He pulled her left arm up and with a small bit of fumbling soon had that cuff off and laying on the ground. Then he picked up the end cuff dangling from her right wrist and snapped it in place on her left wrist. He reached up and grabbed a handful of her hair and yanked her head up and back. Leaning over her shoulder he kissed her again fiercely.