A bet's a bet."Sherri grinned at me. "That's the spirit." She untied the rope, loosened it a little, and tied it again. I was able to rest my heels on... the floor. My arms were still stiff, but felt better. She walked away, and I could hear the TV turn on. I heard her put a tape in the VCR and sit down in an overstuffed chair. I could see her lounging, but I couldn't see the TV. It was a couple of minutes before I could hear the TV. There was some music for a while, then I heard some dialog. I. I never had any problems I couldn't handle, thanks to keeping in shape, but I did stay away from those particular wives after that. Too much free pussy out there to fight over one.I had now been working at General Electric for ten years. My parents pretty much turned the store over to my brother Jerome and I. They had saved up some money and wanted to travel. We signed an agreement to buy the business from them. We were to give them two thousand dollars a month till our loan was paid off.Since. It was just before dawn when I entered the estate and gave the horses to the soldiers that came to greet me. Sensing my mood, none of them asked me any questions or even looked my way. I could still feel the darkness that I was projecting radiate from me in a continuous aura.One of the men escorted me inside to Lord Richard, who was sitting by a morning fire nursing a mug of tea. I plopped down next to him after removing my sword and laid it across my knees."Charles, what do I ask first? What. I park and get out of my car. I walk over to your side of the car and you look up at me with confusion on your face. I always sit in your passenger seat, so what am I up to now?I open the door and bend down into your space. My hand finds your seatbelt and releases it as I find your mouth. begrudging and stiff at first, your mouth soon lets loose, and I taste your tongue. You pull back as if to put and end to it and go on your merry way. I am having none of that. Not today. My hands slip into.