After a brief moment of tenderness, he carried me to the bathroom for a bath and then held me as we slept together.
He informed me that he would be away on a business trip for seven days.
As usual, he caressed my earlobe and warned me, "Thea, be obedient, I'll be back soon..."
And I responded dutifully, "I understand, I'll wait for you to come home..."
Satisfied with my reply, he held me close and drifted off to sleep.
Even in his sleep, his embrace was tight.
I felt like a teddy bear that belonged only to Aron, to be manipulated by him at will.
My education, from childhood to adulthood, was always intertwined with his.
From junior high to university, even when he studied abroad in England, I was by his side.
"Aron's canary" and "Aron's inseparable little follower" were labels I c
