”“Please, Mum, don’t make me. Susie’s one of my best friends.”“If Mrs Pettigrew’s happy would you do it, Toby?”“I can’t say I’m ...keen, Mum. What would I have to do?”“Probably play with Allie for half an hour and then put her to bed with a story. I’m sure she’ll have had a bath. I don’t think the Pettigrews will be back much after half past nine.”Toby looked thoughtful for fully half a minute before saying, “OK. I’ll give it whirl. I can’t say I’m particularly looking forward to it.”“Thank you,. "Says it's a mom secret that I'll learn some day." "I'm not sure I buy that, and it makes her all the more impressive." "It does. So, what's Brody doing for the holiday?" "There's a team dinner or something, he said. They're playing in Nashville tonight, coming back right after." She shrugged. "I'm going to go to the game on Saturday, when they play St. Louis." "Well, well, well." Lara gave Ryan a knowing look and squeezed her arm. "Going to a game. You must really like him." "Oh, knock it. Seeing the look in her Mistress’ eyes, combined with the soft tone of her voice, she immediately knelt into her position. She realized afterward that she was dressed in her street clothes. Punishment was the theme for this session. “See how she obeys by hearing the tone in my voice? Julia has been with me for some time, so she also picks up on other cues, such as the look in my eyes, as well as my posture,” Lady Eva continued, as she got up from her desk. Walking to the petite blonde kneeling. “Get your hands off me Carl. I’m not your damned play-toy.” She slapped his hand away and he released her, but didn't move away. Inwardly, Kelly had been expecting him to demand sex from her eventually. He'd been blackmailing her to the tune of a thousand dollars a week ever since he'd gotten his hands on her client book. In all that time though, he had never so much as touched her. Even though he was married, she figured he would have been all over her long before then. She was beginning to.