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"I’ll text you when I wake up," I told hi the scant distance to ed and purchased the best security system I could afford It was important that my house feel like a safe place for ht ated door, and the two locks on the actual door I did the sa to the inside security panel and punching in et the code in before an autoive me a call, and put out a call to law enforcement I had made the timer particularly short because it made me feel more secure

I headed back into my bedroom, satisfied that the house was secure forI barely got undressed before I was laying on my bed, and asleep in an instant

I awoke in a near stupor, bleary eyes taking long ht, I thought It was showing 3:44 pm I had crashed just before 10 aotten to set an alarStephan

Bianca: I’m so sorry I overslept Errands on monday?

He had responded by the time I was done in the bathrooreat Got a hot date tonight?

Bianca: Seeing Jaood luck, B Let

Bianca: Kk We r leaving at 5:45aht?

Stephan: Yep

I set to work packing, and then re-packing

A turn e flew somewhere, usually on the east coast for us, then turned around and came immediately back It was the best way to work a lot of hours on our job, but it could easily be a fourteen hour or longer day if we had even a slight delay This turn was a part of our set weekly schedule, but we often picked up extra turns on our days off to get overtie was reasonable, and fit into s I had depleted almost completely in order to put a down payrades and repairs to the house

It made me very nervous to live paycheck to paycheck, so I was quickly trying to rectify the situation I would have three days total off for the week, and planned to pick up extra hours on at least one of the the work clothes that I had uncharacteristically strewn all over the floor into a dry cleaning bag I had many uniforms, but at least half of theathered the to stop by on the way to Ja allowance from the company They wanted us to look polished on the job, but it didn’t cover even half of the cost that I spent at the cleaners Perhaps it was all of those extra hours I worked that wracked h…

I showered and washed my hair I shaved just about every part ofof anticipation that they never had before I always shaved s But I’d never done it for a man before I felt odd, so unlike myself

I rubbed oil and then lotion intooutside while it et Las Vegas in the late spring was like nature’s hair dryer

I wore a baggy old teal-colored cotton sundress outside to paint It was coot some paint on it, so I often wore it and several other threadbare dresses when I painted

My backyard was sh walls This made it fairly private, so I could hat I wanted I hadn’t worn underwear I often didn’t if I was just puttering around the house by myself, but today it felt different

I ainst my threadbare dress in a completely neay It was like Ja present I was pri myself for him with no effort on his part It wasn’t fair for anyone to be that wickedly attractive I kept picturing the way he had looked at me while he put that handkerchief to his face, brazenly inhaling it I shivered at just the thought I kept thinking about his spanking threats, as well In fact, I thought of that the ht? Would he spank inity? And tie ether just at the thought The not knoas a pull to hten htened was a pull for me as well I knew James could take me to some dark places, but I would find pleasure there, and I wanted that

I had a board mounted with soan to paint with an uncharacteristically short a, taking pictures and pinning them up But today, I just painted I knew exactly where to start

I ht azure with a watery aqua to mix exactly what I wanted, a vivid turquoise blue that I shaped into a pair of eyes that I couldn’t get out of my head

CHAPTER TWELVE

Mr Do, and so lost track of ti late, which I never did Now it had happened twice in two days

That can’t becoht It was hell on my nerves

I kneasn’t a date, but I still had to take soa double layer of black mascara on my lashes The effect was draold shadow to my eyes, and stained my lips with a dusky red

I sht

I wore a short black dress with violet flowers splashed across it It was a little transparent, not see-through enough to need a slip underneath, just enough to hint at the figure beneath It was sleeveless, with a scoop neck that showed e than I usually preferred