One of Susan's favourite pastimes was to go to the local riding stables where she helped the owner, a Mrs. Agate, as an unpaid groom in return for fre...e rides. This was actually doubly unfair as the riding school would have had to pay someone to exercise the horses at livery if she had not been avid to ride as much as she could. Her skill, and affinity for horses, was undoubted and she was often asked to ride one or other of the school's own horses in competitions. It was at a gymkhana that she. "You look very sexy that way," he said as he leaned over and kissed me. This time it was a deep, long kiss. I closed my eyes as I felt his tongue enter my mouth. I kept my wrists behind me. "You follow instructions well, Honey," he said. " "Let's see if that continues." Jim got up from the couch and returned with a pair of real handcuffs. "Here, put these on yourself," he ordered. "No, no. Behind your back." I took a deep breath and followed his order. I felt the cool steel and listened to the. "And I love you, too. I always have." I've never doubted that for an instant, but I know you better than anyone knows you. I may know you better than you know yourself." She paused for dramatic effect and her expression made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. "And I know Marilyn."Oh, shit! She knows. She knows, I thought. I finished my drink in one gulp."No more booze, Jim. We've got to talk." I'm listening," I said."Three months after our wedding, Marilyn told me the two of you were. Sitting on the very place where only too recently she and Arin had made love. Holding onto Kagito who seemed barely able to remain conscience.From where she was observing Ena gave a guilty start.After all the scene before them was so similar to her time with Azusa aboard the dreadnought Odan!"Ryo-oki!" younger version of Ryoko projected again visibly quaking from the strain of keeping her emotions in check.Her mental call tinged with desperation."COME!" My partner arrived about four hours.