I can feel ropes being tied around my wrists and ankles, them being tied to the bed. ‘Struggle.’ I fight against the ropes quickly, feeling helple...ss as you check to make sure they’re tight enough. ‘Halt.’ You say demandingly, but I continue to struggle, earning me a slap across my bare thigh. ‘I said halt, slut.’ I moan in pain, going utterly still as you push a gag into my mouth. ‘If you behave, I’ll consider removing the gag.’ I nod my understanding and lay still yet again. Your hands grip my. In fact he was quite good looking. Over six feet tall with short dark hair and lots of muscles. He even kissed Linda’s hand.“Don’t pay any attention to Davy. No one else does. He’s right used to it. Sort of his comfort zone you see.”“Hey now, Mate. I got my Sheila, now you got yours. Let’s go next door. Their shutting this dump down anyway.”The party moved to the casino just down the street, and the boys ushered the ladies into the dancing lounge. They found an empty table and ordered drinks.. ” “You don’t know him. He’s completely selfish. Ryan will do whatever Ryan has to do to get what Ryan fucking wants!”Chloe is looking at me as if she has never seen me before. Says, “Just like all blokes then.”Nina looks up at Chloe, begging with her eyes, “Please Chloe. I just can’t risk him saying anything.”“Okay, If it makes you happy, and it might be fun to educate Ryan about the finer points of female sexuality — but I still say he’s bluffing.” Their eye contact is so profound that I feel. And that is how Michael's mother found him, as she walked out of the house in her robe holding a warm cup of coffee, swimming in the canal with a manatee.For Michael the moment was ... evolutionary. The recognition that while not human, another animal could communicate feeling and emotion that could be recognized and appreciated by another.The morning swims in the canal however, came to an end. Michael's mother was furious, his father thought it amusing, which did not bode well for his sleeping.