No urgency, just comfort. It started to rain again. Loud enough for us to hear it thrum on the roof. ‘I was talking to my mom the other day. She rem...inded me of when we had this really crazy December storm when I was around nine.’ He talked softly, reminiscing on that long ago winter. He told other stories about growing up. About his family, his terrible cousin Danny that had thrown a rock at him and cut his head open. He had to get five stitches on that day. About his favorite dog, Dunder and. ‘But ever since I started dating Leonard I’ve had a thing for nerds.’ ‘Who’s Leonard?’ I asked, playing along. ‘My ex-boyfriend,’ Penny said. ‘He lives across the hall.’ She kissed me. Her hands slid around behind me and squeezed my ass. I twitched in surprise. She laughed and pushed me backward so that I sat on the bed. I looked up at her as she stood over me, her nipples were stiff and poking at the fabric of her halter top. She was beautiful and sexy, her elegance spoiled, or maybe. He really did not like this at all, he thought. She slapped him once more and then spoke. “I said you have a real need and it is not just to be spanked. Your real need is to be dominated.” “Yes Mistress,” came his meek reply, “I need to be dominated.” “You are a submissive bitch-boy, aren’t you?” Mark did not reply; he did not like the position he was in or the things he was hearing. Jamie knew he did not like it and she was herself a bit surprised at the pleasure that knowledge brought her.. They were chatting animatedly. My motherseemed completely infatuated with Grace?s mother. I?d never seen my motherin such a light. As they chatted, Rex Rawls walked up to them. Heobviously knew Mrs. Andrews. They greeted each other affectionately. Icould see Mrs. Andrews introducing him to my mom. He was putting on hiscowboy act and my mom seemed to be completely taken in by it.I became totally focused on what I was seeing taking place across the room.I know Grace said she loved me. But.