I now wear short skirts and high heels. Most of the time, I wear aleather dress to work. Kate still comes in a lot. She wants to knowwhat I'll be wear...ing to the wedding. I'm keeping it a secret but itwill be all leather. I have the thigh boots now and am going out toget the rest of the gear this weekend.Tonight, I came home from the library and stopped outside the shop.Inside, I saw Nina bossing Carol around and Carol looking veryflustered. Then Nina took Carol in her arms and kissed her.. .Bruce. He took me to the show." Bruce? Your best friend Bruce?" dad asked. "He took you on a date? Withyou dressed as a...this way?!" Well, yeah" I said, thinking it should have been obvious."What else do you and Bruce... " Go to bed honey," mom said softly, interrupting dad, "we can talk aboutthis tomorrow."Believe me, I trucked to my room as fast as I could, and quicklyundressed, washed up, and went to bed. But sleep eluded me for a longtime as I wondered how I was going to die. Dad was. I felt my weightless body being carried with the strength of several men.It felt like my whole body was rising, lifting off my bed, higher with each stroke of the carrot. I spread my legs as wide as they would go, imagining my captures in that room doing the same.Suddenly everything started expanding, all my senses, my feelings. Everything was getting bigger and bigger until it all exploded. My body jerked up and down on the bed uncontrollably. I didn't know where I was or who I was for that. Nick was in shorts and a t-shirt. I was naked, his arm around me, occasionally toying with my arm or breast. We each had a nearly empty glass of wine near us. I felt his hand move up my arm and I looked up at him, my cheek pressed to his shoulder. His other hand moved under my chin encouraging me to look up further. He kissed me … as soon as I was in position … he kissed me. He had a glint in his eyes and I knew.“You’re thinking about something for me, aren’t you?”“And how does that make you.