" Daniella droppedquickly to the floor. "Follow me outside. Crawl, slave!"Dominica stood and led her slave into the hall, through the front door,outsi...de again. Daniella gave no thought, this time, to whether shemight be seen. She merely followed.Outside, past the mini-van, stood two pine trees, about four feetapart. Mz Dominica led Daniella to the space between them, and told herto stand up again. To close her eyes, spread her legs, and raise herhands up in the air, above her shoulders. To. Turner. I told her that I wanted her to join Mom and me in a threesome. She told me that she would be over in about an hour when her husband came home. She needed him to baby sit their boy. Mom was ecstatic when I told her that Karen had said yes.We went right into the house and put clean sheets on her bed. She had a set that she had been saving for a special occasion. Then she called Dad and told him not to come home until she had called him. He never questioned her.Mom put lit candles around. They’re coming to take me home.”“You’re kidding? That fucking ridiculous!” I was amazed that they’d be so worked up about it. “It wasn’t because of being out at night or being with Rose, it’s because I smuggled the cigarettes in. You know their craziness on drugs.”And that seemed to be that. Luke went and kissed Rose goodbye and his parents took him home. The girls sat with us over breakfast and we all got angry over the stupidity of it. Rose was a bit sad but she figured it wouldn’t matter too. She yearned for this woman, yet Maria made no eye contact with her whatsoever, giving her, she realized, the irrational feeling of a lover spurned. The meal over, Maria was clearing the dishes when Lynn could stand it no longer. She had to know: was Maria as erotically attracted to her as she was to the servant?The lovely Latino had turned to leave when Lynn spoke."Maria, I think I'll go barefoot a while. Would you please take these back to my room," she said, indicating the high leg strap.