As it started running down her face, she poked her tongue out to catch it. “I didn’t give you permission” his voice was quiet, but the authori...tative manner in which he said it made her shiver. “No sir…..I’m sorry. I forgot…” Smack! The imprint of his hand was stinging her right cheek before she even fully realized he had raised his hand to strike her. Impulsively, she let out a small whimper, very like the lowly dog she was supposed to be, and caught herself from speaking out, or trying. .. Steve could almost see where Helen thought the balloon was tethered. Her arm dangled over her head almost helplessly.Second test passed."The balloon has now disappeared, but your arm still feels light as it floats over your body."Helen's wrist, which had been the high point of the pantomime with her fingers dangling below it, straightened a bit, as if the string that was suspending her wrist disappeared.This was pretty convincing."Let your wrist float down a bit until it reaches your head.". I tried to stay calm and said to my self: well; what the hell, since I was busted; there’s no point in denying so I finally said: “yes you are, too bad I’m not yours” he chuckled again, retrieved his towel from around his neck and put it around mine keeping his hands on it and pulling me a little closer to him, then said: ”what made you think that?”. I lowered my eyes to look at his wedding ring. He laughed for few seconds then told me: “you dummy, I use this ring to keep the ladies away, not. He realized that she was actually doing a great job of preparing him for the exam. She was asking the kind of questions that his instructor would ask, but it was in a nice friendly environment where she could ask follow up questions. He had a feeling that this discussion did more to prepare him than the hours of studying he had done the day before.Looking over at the clock, she said, “The bell is about to ring.”“I don’t have to be anywhere special at the moment,” Danny said.“What about in front.