We led her to the machine, Bill placed a bench under it and we attached her on each side of his waist to the pulleys. She was standing, next to the be...nch, prisoner, nearly naked with parts of the torn clothes still on her. Bill took place on the bench, and he lay down on his back. "Madam, you still need to be checked, because the stair machine has partially invalidated the test". She seemed a bit disappointed about the test result, but she also seemed ready to test herself again. Bill took her. Rodrick. Sadly, I already knew who he was..."Hi Samantha, who is your friend?" the Doc asked.She took my hand to introduce me and while she was grinning, Sam toldhim, "This is my friend Jordan... He was my best friend from before...He still is."I had to rescue my hand from Sam, she didn't realize she was stillholding on to it, and I stuck my hand out. "It's nice to meet you Doc."We chatted for a couple of minutes, mostly about inconsequential things.He said he wanted to wait for the group to. It functioned as a great appetizer.Not that one needed to work up an appetite for Charlotte's cooking. Years ago, someone had given me a subscription to Gourmet magazine. Then, I got a free trial subscription to Food and Wine. For some reason, I'd maintained both subscriptions. I had bound volumes of both magazines in a bookshelf in my kitchen. I hardly ever opened them, except to look for barbecue recipes. Charlotte, however, was mining the collection to good effect. Our table was the equal of. . I don't want to do this anymore. " you say through the tears. He looks concerned as he squats next to you. "Is this more then you were expecting? Has this gone beyond your limits? " you nod vigorously. He grabs you by the Chin and forces you to look at him. Any look of concern is gone. "Too fucking bad. You made a deal you fucking whore and you are going to live up to your end of it. Whether you want to or not. " You begin to shake. You can feel your self getting wet again. He pulls on the.