The wine colored carpet was thick with dust and showed the history of all thefootsteps that had worn it down in spots to its backing. Flicking the lig...ht from side to side, thelarge foyer revealed rooms to the left and right and a set of hallways on either side of the grandstaircase.‘A pleasant enough house,’ I thought before entering and closing the now moaning doorbehind me. The sound of the closing door was eerie, and I looked back to make certain that thelatch had caught before moving on. I. Charlie: I hate to even ask, but what kind of adventure?Bob: Before I tell you ... quid pro quo ... did you get hard reading that first chapter?(Extended pause)Charlie: Well of course I did! Who wouldn’t?Bob: And did you get your rocks off after you finished it?(Extended pause)Charlie: Yeah ;)Bob: So did I. ;) Not bad, if I do say so myself. The truth is, after you and Erika visited the farm, I couldn’t get what happened out of my mind ... especially after reading your published account of it.. . 'Headquarters'? 'Home Base', maybe?"Lieutenant..."Anya looked at me strangely for a few seconds, but then responded, "Yes, sir?" in a neutral tone.I took a deep breath. "Sorry. Anya." It's ... difficult, isn't it, Hex? Do you know why the Colonel ... sorry, Brigadier ... assigned me this job?" I know what he said." I replied. "I don't think it was his real reason and I don't know what that was. But I was going to ask..." She smiled and tipped her head in invitation to me to continue. "It. ”“Don’t ever feel like that Christy,” I replied, “you know that I love being humiliated, dominated, and denied!”“I know that you do Steve and I promise that this year, I will give you lots of what you love!”“Now that’s a New Years resolution that I hope you keep,” I shouted.“I intend to,” Christy replied, “starting off with extending the denial for you.”“Cool.”“It was supposed to end in mid-February, wasn’t it?” Christy smiled as she took my hand.“Yes, it is.”“Well, it’s not.”“It isn’t?”“No, it.