had been eager to see him again. My life had been better since he was in it. I had driven a little too fast on the way here. Of course, I hadn't gotten caught, but we had talked about that. I didn't want to confess that I had been bad after being good for so long. I rang his doorbell and he opened up right away. I smiled at him. He smiled back like he had honestly missed me. I wondered what his neighbors thought with so many women coming and going. He took my coat again and I wondered in the direction of the kitchen. My coffee was already waiting for me. It was steaming hot. Just the way my fingers liked it. I was working on several books at the moment. I typed all day every day, no Sundays off for me. I sat down at my spot and waited for him to come in and sit down. He did but he kept his eyes on my hands. “ It's warm out why are you doing that?” I knew he meant my fingers. “ I always do that. It's a habit. Does it bother you?” If he had a thousand and one pet peeves then I would be out of here fast. “ No, I just wondered. It's so hot out I thought about offering you something cool to drink.” He was smiling and wondering about me. As always he so worried. “You wanted to talk to me again?” “ Yes, just a couple of quick questions. I was just wondering about a few things. I want to make it clear that I haven't changed my mind. I just wanted more information. I wasn't trying to accuse you of anything, I was just wondering what the difference between – I mean where is the line drawn between – abuse and discipline?” There I had said it and somewhat coherently too. I had been able to spit it out while his eyes laughed at me. He was used to my funny way of talking. I could have probably knocked him over with a feather if I told him how I earned my money. “ Like I said before, that is an excellent question. I think the best way to explain it is uncontrolled anger. If you were to do something that is beneath you like being mean to someone you care about and hurting their feelings or endangering yourself or someone else then I would be very angry with you and I would do what was possible to ensure that you wouldn't do anything along those lines again but I wouldn't beat on you, hitting you somewhere where you could get seriously hurt. No, I would take you over my knees and pull you close so you wouldn't feel left alone or unwanted. Then I would spank your bottom and just your bottom until I was sure you had learned your lesson. If you would repeat the same mistake. I would make my position even clearer so you would understand how serious I was. “ Abuse would be defined as me not being in control. That is something that is completely unacceptable and has nothing to do with discipline.” His face was so serious as he spoke. I nodded and didn't meet his eye. Did he know that I had sped here this evening? “ Do you have something that you want to tell me?” His serious face got even worse. I felt the heat rising to my face. He was staring me down. I was squirming on my chair. How was he doing that, I wondered? I shook my head. He sighed, obviously disappointed in me. “How am I supposed to help you if you lie to me?” His voice was still nice and patient, but I had an enormous feeling of guilt. I looked into my coffee and then back to him. “I – It doesn't matter. I will never bother you again. I promise.” “ The thing is that I worry about you, a lot. I know you can do better and be more if you could just slow down a little. You just get so caught up in things that you forget yourself. Now, I'm not giving you any excuses. I'm just saying that you wouldn't do or say things you know perfectly well that you shouldn't if you would just stop and think.” Was he spying on me? That was of course the truth, but how did he know that? I felt like running out of here screaming 'stalker'. “ What's wrong, don't you agree?” He took a sip of his coffee. “ I was just wondering how you got