Salma, Badra, and Isidora immediately began to gossip, trading all sorts of womanly information. I soon found myself cut out of the rapid-fire convers...ation but I didn't mind. It was late in the afternoon, and the events of the day were starting to catch up to me. I asked if I could shower, and was shown to the small bathroom. I was pleasantly surprised to find hot water. Clean clothes were laid out for me afterward. They must have belonged to Salma's husband. I changed and lay back on the small. Very quiet and very casual... actually, it's my place."Tom looked at her a bit stunned but recovered in time to give a small shrug and a smile."With all the kooks running around, I'm not in the habit of inviting men I just met back to my house, but I feel very comfortable with you. I tend to trust my instincts." Sounds good to me" he smiled. Should I follow you in my car?" Actually, I usually walk to work on nice days like today. Why don't we both go in your car, if you don't mind?" Let's go.". I knew Matt was right. I knew I had to calm down and release some of the tension in my body, but I truly felt like nothing-Matt's right hand moved under the blanket and brushed the exposed skin of my thigh.My eyes flew open, but I didn't look over to him. It had probably been a mistake.But then his fingers brushed my skin once more, this time drawing a tiny circle on my flesh. My heart started to speed up for a different reason. Matt's fingers continued to draw slow, feather light patterns on. You failed to accept the eleventh item – a massive eggplant so I deliver 20 hard whacks to your asschecks that are now vibrantly red. The twelfth item was a rolling pin which you failed to guess – earning another ten whacks of the wickedly ribbed paddle. You guessed the next two correctly – an orange and an apple.I had something special for you for the last item, which I unwrapped from some cling wrap. It wasn’t as big as some of the other items, but after a pause you knew instinctively what it.