The impromptu meeting broke up. Julia addressed me and Patrick. “You’ll both do it”, she said. “Patrick, you will follow all directions from Blake, and I mean all. Even the slightest departure and I’ll punish you in such a way that the last few weeks will seem like child’s play. Got it?”
“Yes, Madame,” Patrick said.
Julia leaned down, grabbed Patrick by the chin. “No, Patrick. Got it?”
Now Patrick’s face underwent a slight change. Whatever passed between them, Patrick acted like Julia was ready to drop a bomb. “Yes, Madame,” he breathed. “I fully understand.”
Julia straightened, gave a slightly triumphant look at Renata, then retreated into the shadows.
Okaaay. Something else going on there. But that was SM - levels upon levels. For all the obvious, outwardly goings on, it was also a
