Marianne spotted one and made a bee-line for it, with Patty right behind her. John and Simon followed in the girls’ wake. Having reached the table, ...Patty placed her drink down carefully on the white plastic surface and then stood up, rounding on John. ‘I think you said something about a dance?’ she said archly, looking slightly down into her boyfriend’s eyes. John put his drink next to hers, grinned at Simon and allowed himself to be drawn by the hand onto the dance floor. Marianne sat down and. “You are nasty.”“I prefer ‘liberated’.” She grinned.“All right ladies, I think it is time for my retreat. Be good-ish.” I stopped to kiss Melissa and Lavi and started towards Ji but she stood up and hugged me instead.I went upstairs with a bottle of excellent whiskey and complete freedom to do as I liked. I put on a movie for about half an hour but got bored and decided to move to a chair and just sit and read. An hour passed and I heard filtering up from downstairs the sounds of the movie Clue. "When she'd finished speaking she left me alone in the hall and went searching around the flat. When she came back she was dressed in one of my shirts and a pair of jeans. "I'm off now," she said casually. "My daughter and I will pop in from time to time to feed you. You'll have to piss and shit in the chair I'm afraid, but you'll get used to it. I'll rig up a more permanent tether tomorrow. Since you seem to like my daughter's school uniform so much I'll ask her to wear it when she. “Do you understand?”She was still for a while, then shook her head no. “No, I…I don’t. Why will me being frightened or anxious or…or in pain make it better for you…or me?”I nodded. “That’s why we’re having this conversation. Because you don’t understand. I’ll give you a partial explanation, but ultimately, you’ll have to experience these things to truly understand them.“In some people, there is a direct connection between pleasure and pain. I believe you are one of those people.“Others, like.