Chapter Seven
Conditions
“We met your parents,” Carmen said. “We brought them lunch. They’re very sweet.”
Her words and her gentle hand on my shoulder woke me. I was still naked in her bed. She lay beside me, clothed.
I felt barely able to move and had trouble putting my thoughts together, much less a coherent sentence, but I said the first thing on my mind. “What happens ... if I decide ... to bail on our relationship after I’ve ... said I would give you control?” My voice was distinctly groggy. And scratchy.
She leaned over and kissed me. “I don’t think that’ll be an issue.”
“But ...”
“You’d be free to go, the same as in any other relationship. You just won’t want to.”
“Does ... Lucey ... have the same choice?”
“Of course. He’s free to leave at any time and he knows it. I would
